Snubbed Shaad goes back to remakes

 

In fact, so besotted was Shaad  by the Mani factor in his life, that he would return to assist Mani even after branching out as an independent filmmaker.

 

To no one’s surprise Shaad began his career as an independent filmmaker with a remake of Mani Ratnam’s Tamil blockbuster Alai Payuthe. The remake  Saathiya was so faithful it couldn’t fail.

 

After Saathiya, Shaad was advised by Mani to make original films. While Bunty Aur Babli with Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji did well, Shaad’s next, Jhoom Baraabar Jhoom, ranks as one of the biggest, most expensive  flops for Yash Raj Films, matched by the collections of  Shaad’s latest film Kill Dil, another original.

 

No wonder then, that Shaad has scurried back to remaking a Mani Ratnam film. His next would be a remake of the Telugu and Tamil hit Ok Bangaram, Mani’s 2015 movie about a couple — Nithya Menon and Dilquer Salmaan — who are shown to be in a live-in relationship.