Thalapathy Vijay’s and Vijay Sethupathi’s Tamil film Master broke all box office records when it was released earlier this year after the coronavirus lockdown was eased. The Lokesh Kanagraj directorial made the right noise with its stellar performances and story. Now, the latest report is that the film is getting a Hindi remake soon with Murad Khetani and Endemol Shine joining hands as producers. However, the biggest news is that Salman has been approached to play the titular role of Master that was essayed by Thalapathy Vijay.
A source told an online portal, “Murad and the team of Endemol have had a couple of meetings with Salman Khan over the last 30 days, to discuss Master with him. Salman has liked the concept of the film, and has shown keen interest, however, is waiting for the team of Master to come to him with a bound script in Hindi, as a lot of elements from the Tamil original have to be tweaked to suit the sensibilities of Bollywood audience.”
The source further said, “Salman’s aura and personality suits best for the role of Master, and that’s exactly what the makers also felt. The discussions are in the very nascent stage, and Salman will take his decision on doing or not doing the film only after hearing the screenplay narration. The team of Master is currently working on the rewriting the script – tweaking the second half of the original, and editing the rather longer portions to keep the runtime in check in Hindi. The next narration with Salman is expected to take place in a couple of months. If everything falls in place, Master will be Salman’s next after KEKD and go on the floors around the month of February/March next year. Apart from Master, he is reading a couple of more subjects, to block the date in Q1 of 2022,”
The news swiftly went viral and was received with mixed reactions from the netizens. Diehard fans of Salman thought the actor was a great choice whereas Thalapathy Vijay’s fans thought the superstar could not ace the southern star’s act.
(Source: Pinkvilla)
