Anil Kapoor knows what is best for his daughter Sonam Kapoor. Despite his latest production Aisha having not set the cash registers ringing, Anil is already headlong into his next production, a remake of Hollywood movie Freaky Friday. And freaky it is!
The concerned father has decided to replace the ace director Priyadarshan, who he had initially planned to get onboard to direct this Hollywood remake. Having bought the remake rights of Walt Disney Productions’ Jamie Lee Curtis-Lindsay Lohan starrer Freaky Friday, Anil was all charged up to go with Priyadarshan.
Explaining what led to Anil’s decision, our source said, “Anil is very close to Priyan sir and had spoken to him regarding this Hollywood remake. He wanted Priyadarshan to direct this flick for his daughter and wanted to have Kirron Kher in the role of the mother. But Anil changed his mind because he suddenly felt that Priyan Sir wouldn’t be the best choice for Freaky Friday. Anil is looking out for another director to direct Freaky Friday.
Now, Kapoor wants Priyadarshan to direct an action film for his production house instead, a genre that he feels the director will be better at.”
When contacted, Priyadarshan said, “Walt Disney has the rights of Freaky Friday and Anil has bought it from them. It was Disney who came up to me with the script after they sold the rights to Anil Kapoor. But there were some issues in the script and I have sent it back to make changes. I have asked them to Indianise the story, and if it turns out well, I shall direct it.”
When asked whether Anil had asked him to now do an action flick instead of Freaky Friday, Priyadarshan said, “I am doing an action film for Venus, with Anil acting in it. As far as making an action flick for Anil Kapoor Productions is concerned, we’re talking about it. But let’s see what comes of it in the near future.”
Despite repeated attempts, Anil did not revert to calls and text messages. Guess Anil freaked out.
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