Moondram Pirai remake in the offing

Popular ad film-maker Lloyd Baptista will make his directorial debut with the official remake of Hindi classic Sadma (Moondram Pirai in Tamil) directed by Balu Mahendra. Lloyd has acquired the remake rights from producer Raj Sippy and has already started hunting locations for shooting in Dehradun.

The screenplay will be co-written by Lloyd and his wife Anushka Godwani. The original version fetched Kamal Haasan a national award for his heart-wrenching performance in the climax which left audiences dumbstruck. The story will be fine-tuned to suit the sensibilities of current generation audience. Lloyd first plans to make the film in Hindi and release in other languages like Tamil and English too. It must be noted that Lloyd had ambitions to direct a biopic of Rajinikanth’s life in collaboration with Soundarya but the project never materialized.