The hit Hindi flick Vicky Donor is being remade in Tamil under the title Dharala Prabhu. The remake will be directed by Krishna Marimuthu and produced by Screen Scene Entertainments. Harish Kalyan will be reprising the role done by Ayushmann Khurrana in the original.
Vicky Donor was a romantic comedy that was directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham under his banner Rising Sun Films. Ayushmann Khurrana, Yami Gautam and Annu Kapoor played the lead roles in this flick. Those in the supporting roles included Dolly Ahluwalia, Kamlesh Gill, Puja Gupta, Jayant Das, Swaroopa Ghosh and Inderpal Singh.
The technical crew included Abhishek-Akshay, Bann, Rochak Kohli and Ayushmann Khurrana as music composers, Kamaljeet Negi for cinematography and Shekhar Prajapati for editing. Made on a budget of Rs 5 crores, the film was released in Hindi, Punjabi and Bengali languages.
Vicky Donor made it to the silver screens in April 2012 in around 750 screens and got good response worldwide. Vicky Donor was inspired by the 2011 Canadian movie Starbuck which was based on the theme of sperm donation and infertility.
Vicky Donor went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 60th National Film Awards. It was remade in Telugu under the title Naruda Donoruda with Sumanth and Pallavi Subhash in the lead roles.
Currently, Harish Kalyan is busy with the Tamil film Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale and will be moving over to this remake soon. Touted to be a film based on astrology, it will have oodles of humor as well.
The film will have Ghibran scoring the music. Munishkanth and Renuka have been roped in to play the supporting roles in the film. Sanjay Bharathi is wielding the megaphone for this venture.
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