We heard that Akshay Kumar was interested in remaking Vijay’s Theri in Hindi. Directed by Atlee, Theri was a massive hit down south and with all the perfect ingredients to make for a hit Bollywood film. It was none other than the Khiladi Kumar who was kicked about remaking the film in Hindi.
Latest news suggests that now even Shah Rukh Khan is interested in making the film in Hindi. He wants to buy the rights and also wants Rohit Shetty as the director. The actor wants to produce it under the Red Chillies Entertainment banner. In fact, Akshay too wanted to produce the remake.
Theri is a film about a honest cop who kills a politician’s son with a record of misdemeanour. The latter had raped a girl who dies and to put an end to his crime ways, the cop played by Vijay, ends his life. He then goes one step ahead and challenges the dead guy’s politician father to do whatever he can now. Unfortunately, his wife gets killed because of this feud and when they try to come for his daughter, he goes underground with her. But past has a way of finding and nailing you. It happens here too. How he protects his daughter forms the rest of the story.
