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Mohanlal chucks Mammootty out of his way

Mohanlal and Mammootty
A few weeks earlier, it was reported that Mammootty might share screen space with 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Hassan in his upcoming remake of super hit A Wednesday (Hindi) directed by Neeraj Pandey. Now, it is confirmed that it would not be Mammootty, but Mohanlal. If this happens, it could be one of the most interesting partnerships in Indian cinema.

Kamal Hassan will play the lead, the role essayed by Naseeruddin Shah in the original, while Mohanlal will play the role of the police officer played by Anupam Kher. The remaining cast and crew of the film are not yet confirmed. Kamal Hassan is reportedly in talks with UTV Productions for making this film.

Kamal is currently finalizing the director for this remake. Moreover, the versatile actor is expected to start work on this remake even before he starts Thalaivan Irukindran, which was announces as his next project.

The story of A Wednesday revolves around the Mumbai police commissioner who reminisces about the most challenging case in his career and how he tackled it. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Shital Bhatia and Anjum Rizvi, the film marks the return of the Anupam Kher-Naseeruddin Shah duo on screen after 12 years. A Wednesday got strong positive reviews and critical acclaims, particularly for its storyline.
 

"Just because I play a terrorist I am not one" - Naseeruddin

Decades ago the incredible performing maverick Naseeruddin Shah had played a malfunctional anglo-Indian to perfection in Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai. Today Naseer is still appalled at the way minority communities are stereotypically portrayed in our films. "The bearded, hitched -pyjama look for the Muslim always annoys me," he says. It is with the intention of breaking the mould that Naseer plays a suave articulate bomb-planting mastermind in a new film. Naseer being an Indian Muslim, it would.....

A Wednesday rush continues

Now this is clearly unprecedented. Never before can one remember an instance of a film's print being transported from one venue to another due to heavy demand amongst audience. However, this has indeed happened in case of A Wednesday which saw such a huge turnaround of crowds that the theatre authorities had to pronto take action and move the film to another theatre next door. This happened a couple days ago for 9:00 PM show in Mumbai where the film.....
User Comments
Gerard 09 Jan 2009 09:37 am
That's correct Mohanlal or Mammootty not behind Kamal in acting. But it could be a good partnership in Cinema because both have not acted in a same film despite the film "Dalapathy" where Mammotty acted along Rajnikanth
renjan 08 Jan 2009 01:07 pm
think mammootty has rejected the offer..in wednesday Anupam Kher's role has nothng to perform..shah,who raises questions to terrorism,had done a ver good performance. In new verion Kamal doing shah's role. Why mammootty or mohanlal doing another? they are not behind to kamal in acting..
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