De De Pyaar De to have a Telugu remake starring Venkatesh Daggubati in the lead role

De De Pyaar De after being applauded by the Bollywood audience is heading towards the south. The film which stars Ajay Devgan, Tabu and Rakul Preet in the lead roles is running in its fourth week and is about to touch the 100 crore mark on Box-office.

Now the news has come that this film is all set to have a Telugu remake. Yes, you heard that right! In this era of Bollywood remakes of Tollywood movies, it seems like Tollywood is gaining interest in Bollywood movies now.

According to reports, seasoned south Indian actor Venkatesh will star in the Telugu remake of this film.

The project was announced by Suresh Babu to commemorate the completion of 55 years of Suresh Productions.  Suresh Productions is a popular production company in the South Industry. Talking to reporters in Hyderabad about the road ahead for Suresh Productions, he opened up about the banner’s upcoming projects. Confirming acquiring the Telugu remake rights of De De Pyaar De he said;

“Right now, we are shooting Venky Mama (which stars Venkatesh and Naga Chaitanya) in Kashmir. We spent the last three years working on India’s biggest film which will be Hiranyakashyapa (starring Rana Daggubati), and its pre-production work is currently underway. As a company, we want to make more films than before.”

He also added,

“The remake of De De Pyaar De will star Venkatesh. The other details regarding the project will be announced in due course. We also have films planned with directors Tharun Bhascker and Trinadha Rao with Venkatesh.”

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Last seen on screen in Telugu entertainer F2 alongside Varun Tej, Venkatesh is currently shooting with his nephew Naga Chaitanya for Venky Mama, which is being directed by Bobby.

Coming to De De Pyaar De, the film features the love story of an older man and a girl who is half his age. Breaking stereotypes, while this couple decides to settle down, the man decides to make his parents meet his ladylove. But is in for a surprise when he realizes that his parents are living with his ex-wife and his children.

Earlier, Ayushmann Khurrana starrer ‘Andhadhun’ made headlines for its south remake now it would be interesting to see which other Bollywood movie we’ll get to be remade in the south industry.