Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon starrer ‘Bachchan Panday’ is one of the most anticipated film from Bollywood. Ever since the makers had unveiled the new look of the star, the movie has been in the buzz on social media. According to the latest reports, Kriti to not portray the role of a journalist, but a director.
While talking about the film, a source informed Pinkvilla that, “Bachchan Pandey is actually a remake of Jigarthanda that starred Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon and Siddharth. The makers Sajid Nadiadwala had been planning to initially remake the film with a different case and at that point, Bachchan Pandey was supposed to be remake of Veeram. Now, the whole script has changed and they have reversed the gender of Siddharth’s role in the remake.”
Spilling out some inside details about Kriti’s character in ‘Bachchan Panday’, the source further informs, “Not a journalist, Kriti will be playing a director who meets a dreaded gangster (Akshay Kumar) as part of her research on a film on gangsterism. Kriti will actually play the same role as essayed by Siddharth in the original. Akki plays Bobby’s part whereas a leading lady will be roped in as his love interest in the film. Keeping the essence of the film, the makers have tweaked the script a bit and adapted it into a Hindi screenplay.”
Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon had earlier collaborated for the comedy flick, ‘Housefull 4’. It also featured Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Ritiesh Deshmukh and others in the key roles.
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