Ram Gopal Varma's newest Kannada release Killing Veerappan
has got an owing response down South and so impressed was actor-filmmaker
Sachiin Joshi after watching the film. Now he has decided to remake it in
Hindi.
But, he felt dissatisfied as he didn't know Veerappan's
story in depth. Sachiin explains, "At the back of my mind, I kept thinking
what caused a man like Veerappan to rise in the first place. Later, RGV told me
that his reason for focusing only on his killing was because all Kannadigas
knew the back story. But once I heard the whole story, it blew my mind. I
insisted that this film had to be made as a biopic on an international level
for it to reach its true potential. I want RGV to make this without any
compromises because this will be a once in a lifetime project."
RGV was uncertain about releasing the same version in Hindi
because he thought people need to know and understand the sandalwood smuggler's
life story before coming to the point of his encounter. The Hindi version is going
to be completely re-shot, and the story will trace the rise of Veerappan, the
failure of the system to curb his growth and the eventual blood-curdling
strategy which led to his killing.
