Director Sudha Kongara speaks on the Hindi remake of Soorarai Pottru

The recently released Tamil hit ‘Soorarai Pottru’ has been getting rave reviews. Big B Amitabh Bachchan also watched the movie and tweeted “Times like these, kind words of appreciation like these, and extraordinary moments like these are the greatest rewards for Soorarai Pottru. So touched, means a lot sir.” According to reports, Sudha Kongara Prasad, the director of the Tamil version has also confirmed the Hindi remake of the biopic. And the latest updates say that Akshay Kumar will be playing the lead.

The film is a biopic based on the real-life of GR Gopinath, the aviation pilot who not only dreamt but also turned his dreams into the reality of making air travel accessible to the common man. The director said that, ”It is all discussion stage only. Only the producers are on board officially. I need to start writing the Hindi version”.  And we can say that Akshay playing the lead is just a rumor.