Rajeev Ravi not to direct Kammatipaadam Hindi remake
We had reported earlier that Dulquer Salmaan film Kammatipaadam directed by Rajeev Ravi in Malayalam is all set to be remade in Hindi and Telugu. Sources also told us that Arjun Kapoor and Akhil Akkineni will be the front runners to do the male leads in those remakes in Hindi and Telugu respectively.
Reports also said that the Hindi version of this film will be directed by Rajeev Ravi himself as he had connections with some popular production studios there at Bollywood because he had worked there in some films. As per the earlier reports, he had already started working on the Hindi remake as well.
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But, now he is making things clear about this report that doing its round in social media. He said that talks are going on related to the remake of Kammatipaadam in Hindi and Telugu. But he is not going to direct the remake of this film in Hindi as he has no interest to direct a Hindi film now.
Rajeev Ravi had earlier worked as the cinematographer of acclaimed Bollywood films such as Dev D, Gangs of Vasseypur etc and film like Udtha Pnjab is on its way in which he worked as cameraman. He got Film Fare award for best cinematographer in 2010 for Dev D as well. But as of now he has no plans to make a film in Hindi and he want to concentrate only in Malayalam Cinema. Kammattipadam is going well now here in Kerala with good reports from all over.
