2014 – A year for Murugadoss mania

Director AR Murugadoss is one of the most successful directors in South India who made a splash in Bollywood too with his Ghajini, a film that founded the 100 Cr club there. AR Murugadoss is going through a dream phase now not just as a director but as a producer too with his films like Engaeyum Eppothum and Raja Rani too becoming big successes at the box office. So there is always a curiosity over what the director is going to make next and this curiosity reveals a interesting fact about the director in the upcoming year. As many as 4 films related to the director is going hit screens in 2014 which means the director would be all over the place in 2014.

Jai Ho: The first one to release which has a Murugadoss name attached to it would be Jai Ho starring Salman Khan. This film is a remake of AR Murugadoss directed Stalin in Telugu which had Chiranjeevi in the lead. The film would be releasing in a month’s time for Republic day festival and it also marks the return of Salman Khan to silver screen after more than a year’s gap. The film is expected to shatter all the opening records created recently by Dhoom 3.

Holiday: This is a remake of director’s own Thuppakki film and is directed by Murugadoss himself. This will be his second direct Hindi film even though it’s another remake from him. The film is already having tremendous expectations among the trade and is expected to be the biggest hit for Akshay Kumar.

Gabbar: This Independence Day weekend release film is a remake of Murugadoss directed Ramana that had Vijaykanth in the lead. Telugu audience would however remember the film as a remake of Tagore thanks to the presence of Chiranjeevi. Another interesting fact is this remake will be helmed by our very own Krish director of films like Gamyam and Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. Akshay Kumar is the hero of this film as well.

Untitled film with Vijay: The year will be rounded off by another film directed by AR Murugadoss. Unlike Holiday this will be an original film and will have Tamil star Vijay in the lead with whom the director had made Thuppakki in the past. The makers are planning to release the film for Diwali again to repeat the Thuppakki magic. Samantha is reportedly acting as heroine in this film which is expected to create a big bang on its release.