Bake Kapoor, the pink remake, entitled AK 59, Our Ode to Sridevi & # 39;

New Delhi:

Boney Kapoor, who produced the tamil remake of Pink with Vidya Balan and Ajith Kumar, recently declared that the film would be their "ode to Sridevi", according to the DNA . He also added that the deceased actress wanted Ajith to shoot a Tamil film with their production house. Sridevi and Ajith Kumar worked with the Tamil version of English Vinglish in which he was seen in the role of Amitabh Bachchan. "While working with Ajith in English Vinglish Sridevi had expressed a desire for Ajith to shoot a film in Tamil for our local production – nothing exciting had happened until one day. suggested to redo Pink She immediately agreed because she thought it was a timely and timely film, and Ajith would bring all the necessary elements to make it a great Tamil film, "said Boney Kapoor, said the IANS news agency.

Pink with Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu, released in 2016. Actors Kirti Kulhari and Andrea Tariang also played a central role in the film. In 2017, Pink won the National Award for Best Feature Film on Other Social Issues

. In the remake entitled AK 59 Ajith will play the role of Amitabh Bachchan, while Vidya Balan, who debuts in Tamil with the film, will have a special appearance. Boney Kapoor said Vidya's role would be "special"

Boney Kapoor has already produced several remakes of South Indian films in Bollywood, including that of Salman Khan Wanted . After Pink he said that there were also other remakes in the line-up. " Pink is the first, and there will be many more to come.I have the rights of Badhaai Ho also, which will also be provided in Telugu and in Tamil, "he said.

IANS reported that shooting AK 59 was underway in Hyderabad and that the film also featured Shraddha Srinath, Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao and Sujith Shankar. It is directed by H. Vinoth.

AK 59 should be released on the screen in May.

Sridevi died in February 2018 in Dubai. The actresses Janhvi and Khushi are his daughters and those of Boney Kapoor.

(With IANS entries)