Last year, quite a few Tamil hits were remade in Hindi, though none had the desirable effect at the box office.
Now, the trend seems to have reversed. Successful Hindi films are being remade into Tamil. After Munnabhai MBBS, it is Ram Gopal Varma's Bhoot that is being remade in Tamil.
Bhoot becomes Shock in Tamil.
In Shock, Prasanth acts as a married man for the first time in his career. Like in the original, Vasanth [Prasanth] and wife Malini [Meena] shift to a new apartment on the 12th floor and Malini starts seeing a ghost in the house.
Prasanth's father Thyagarajan bought the rights for Bhoot from RGV. Thyagarajan will not only produce and direct the film, but also pen the dialogues and screenplay. He also acts as a policeman in the film. The role was enacted by Nana Patekar in Bhoot.
Suhasini plays a medium, the role essayed by Rekha in the original. And K R Vijaya plays Malini's mother. The role was played by Tanuja in Bhoot.
There will be no songs or fight sequences in the film.
Shock will be an important film in Prasanth's career as he has not had a big hit for a long time. But Meena, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years, has had author backed roles like Rhythm and big commercial hits like Muthu.
