Venkatesh to remake Asuran in Telugu

Along with all the critical acclaim, ‘Asuran’ is turning out to be a phenomenal success at the box office. The Vetrimaaran directorial ‘Asuran’ has gone well past the Rs 100 crore mark, thereby becoming Dhanush’s first film to achieve the feat. The film is now getting a Telugu version as veteran star Venkatesh has expressed his interest to remake it. ‘Asuran’ producer Kalipuli S Thanu of V Creations and Suresh Babu of Suresh Productions will be producing the film.

Kamal Haasan, Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu, DMK supermo MK Stalin, Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar had all heaped praise on ‘Asuran’ and congratulated its makers. The film which is based on the famous Tamil novel ‘Vekkai’, is an intense tale of revenge, caste and class violence. The performances of its lead actors – Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Karunas, TeeJay Arunasalam and Pasupathi have been lauded unanimously. It will be interesting to see who all will be part of the Telugu remake.