For the past few weeks, there have been strong reports of Venkatesh being in talks for Mohanlal’s Neru’s Telugu remake. Neru was released in Malayalam on the 21st of December and despite the competition of big films like Salaar and Dunki, this courtroom drama became a massive success.
Neru was a comeback film for Mohanlal and it delivered 86Cr gross worldwide and emerged as an all-time top-grosser in Mollywood. Jeethu Joseph directed this film and he is also in talks for Drishyam 3 with Mohanlal next which is one of the most awaited Kollywood projects.
Antony Perumbavoor produced the film under his Aashirvaad Cinemas banner. Mohanlal and Jeethu have collaborated on Drishyam, Drishyam 2, 12th Man, and Ram: Part 1, which has yet to be released.
Jeethu has already directed Venkatesh in the Drishyam remake, and there were reports that he will also direct Venky for Neru.
But it seems that the plans have stopped as Neru will be streaming on Hotstar from 23rd January in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada. If the movie is released on OTT then remaking the film makes little sense as the audience would have already watched the film on OTT and it will be a huge risk.
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