Although Kartik Aaryan has featured in a remake of a Korean film (The Terror Live which is going to stream on Netflix as Dhamaka in November 2021) he has never been a part of the South Indian remake.
That’s about to change now. Shehzada whose release had been announced for 4 November 2022 , is a remake of the Allu Arjun’s January 2020 Telugu blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.
This was Allu Arjun’s biggest hit of his career so far. In an interview after the film’s release he had said to me, “What can I say? I’m overwhelmed. It’s also very humbling to be given this kind of response”.
Arjun shyly admitted he hadn’t got so many compliments for any of his previous films. “The two things that I keep hearing repeatedly about Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo is that it’s a one-man show, and that it has repeat value. As far as being a one-man show goes, I can’t take the credit for my performance. Full credit must go to my director Trivkram Srinivas.”
Kartik’s version of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo would be radically different from its Telugu version.
A source close to Kartik informs. “Shehzada will take the core idea of Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and turn it into a something completely different. Kartik and Shehzada director Rohit Dhawan have had many brainstorming sessions on the remake. And they both agree. Shehzada will please Kartik’s fans.”
But the superhit song from the original Butta Bomma will be part of the Hindi remake.So fans of the song can breathe a sigh of relief.
Kartik’s co-star in Shehzada is Kriti Sanon with whom he earlier shared superhit space in Lukka Chuppi.The original film starred Pooja Hedge with Allu Arjun.