Happy Days are Jolly now
Director M D Sridhar is all set to remake the Telugu flick Happy Days in Kannada as Jolly Days
Films on students and college life seem to be catching up well with directors in Kannada. This time director M D Sridhar, who had directed his previous hit film Krishna, is all set remake the Telugu flick Happy Days in Kannada as Jolly Days.
Happy remake
With remake policy being made easier, director Sridhar brings-in Telugu film in Kannada. “The producer of the original Telugu flick Happy Days was in look out for a director to remake it in Kannada. Looking at my previous work in the film Krishna, the producer agreed to go ahead with the same project. When I agreed to remake it in Kannada the problem of selecting star cast was a big problem. I didn’t wanted to rope-in any stars for the film. So, I was left in the middle of the sea to select new comers who could contribute their best of the performance on the screen,” says director M D Sridhar.
Jolly guys
The list of star cast in the film goes a long way. Pradeep kumar, Vishwas, Praveen, Niranjan, Rahul, Raghavendra, Aishwarya, Ruthuva, Spoorthi, Keethi and Archana are all doing a lead role in the film. “For actress Aishwarya this is the second film. Except her all the rest of the star cast of the film are debutants. I have high hopes that definitely Kannada version will do much better than the original one. Happy Days in Telugu went on breaking all the records in the box office. The story takes place in college. So, we’ll approach reputed colleges in the city to gives us an opportunity to complete the movie in one schedule. I will be making lot of changes in the storyline keeping in mind the nativity of local audience,” says Sridhar.
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Director M D Shridhar has plans to release the movie in October. Along with keeping himself busy in the project, he has already signed one more film for this year with actor Darshan. “Everything is finalised. Darshan has agreed to work with me for his next film. This time I’m taking up an action film. Payments are already made. And I will start shooting this from November onwards. I’m awaiting for the release of Jolly Days,” says the director.