Star director Harish Shankar benefitted a lot from remakes. He delivered a blockbuster like ‘Gabbar Singh’ and a super hit like ‘Gaddalakonda Ganesh’ which were remakes of ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Jigarthanda’ respectively. His ‘Mirapakay’ too is highly influenced by ‘Main Hoon Na’ and ‘Aegan’. Movies like ‘Ramayya Vastavayya’ and ‘DJ’ which were written and directed by him did not perform as expected.
He is now remaking Vijay’s super hit ‘Theri’ as ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ with Pawan Kalyan. Harish is known for making necessary tweaks in the script in order to suit the Telugu nativity. He adds his own touch to remakes and presents heroes in a very energetic manner. Sources say that he made a lot of changes in Vijay’s film while preparing the script for Pawan Kalyan’s film but fans are still skeptical about this remake.
He recently spoke about the challenges makers face while doing a remake. He added that he will be doing another remake after ‘Ustaad Bhagat Singh’ and promised to give frequent updates from now on. While the opinions were mixed about Harish doing another remake, people are presuming that it is going to be with Ravi Teja. Sources claim that he is planning to remake Ajay Devgn’s ‘Raid’ with Mass Maharaj as the lead. Let us wait till we get an official confirmation.
