Mahesh Babu’s 'Dookudu' remake to be helmed by director Anees Bazmee?

Anees Bazmee is one of most celebrated directors in industry and has directed some comedy flicks like Entry, Welcome, Singh Is King, Ready, Mubarakan, and Welcome Back. On or hand, production company Eros International has also acquired Hindi remake rights of Mahesh Babu starrer Dookudu. w, production is in talks with Anees to helm Hindi remake of 2011 hit movie. 

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Anees Bazmee wishes to move out of his comfort zone

A source close to project revealed to Bollywood Hungama that Anees has been wanting to move out of his comfort zone of making comedies and believes Dookudu remake will give him perfect opportunity to do so. source added that filmmaker has been in talks with production house right since before start of lockdown and is likely to sign contract with m soon. If movie materializes, it will be Anees's next project after Bhool Bhulaiya 2. 

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makers will rework script of Dookudu Hindi remake

essence of movie, Dookudu will remain same despite Hindi remake but production house along with Entry director will be working on script to make movie cater more to Hindi audience. source went on to say that it has been 9 years since movie's release so it is important to 'tweak' script a bit to make it more relatable to today's time. This particular process will soon begin before movie goes on floors. source added that Singh Is King director is yet to sign contract with production house as both parties have t yet reached a mutual point regarding financial terms and conditions. 

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movie may go on floors along with  makers starting ir hunt for lead actor who will be stepping onto Mahesh's shoes after contract is signed between Anees and production house. Meanwhile, Anees is gearing up for movie Bhool Bhulaiya 2 which will be starring Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani in lead roles. filmmaker has also penned script for Entry Mein Entry which will be a sequel to film, Entry.