Looks Like Ranveer Singh has competition. His big cops-action film Simmba, which is a remake of the Telugu hit Temper, already has a Tamil version coming.
Vishal Krishna, basking in the huge success of his Tamil/Telugu cyber thriller Irumbu Thirai, has bought the Tamil remake rights of Puri Jagannath’s Telugu hit
Temper featured N T Rama Rao Junior as a hot-headed corrupt cop who befriends a gang lord.
The same film is being remade in Hindi as Simmba, with Singh playing the cop. Rohit Shetty is directing the film and Karan Johar is producing.
Krishna remains unfazed by the Bollywood threat.
“I wanted to remake Temper into Tamil as it deals with the theme of child rape. I feel it’s very important for actors to use their audiences’ support to raise issues through and beyond entertainment,” he said.
Krishna’s film, to be directed by Irumbi Thirai director P S Mithran, will undergo many changes in the transition.
“We are looking at an entirely different interpretation of the story. Our Tamil version of Temper would be completely different from the original,” he said.
