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May 31, 2006
CHRIS TUCKER = SANJAY DUTT?
Mira Nair is off the MY SASSY GIRL remake but it looks like she's set to remake the hit Bollywood comedy, MUMBAI MBBS. Starring Chris Tucker in the Sanjay Dutt role. That simple sentence has opened up a wormhole in time and space. Sorry.
Sanjay Dutt is famous for his gangster roles (notably in VASTAAV), his self-deprecating sense of humor and comic timing, and his inability to dance convincingly. In MUMBAI MBBS he played a gangster who impersonated a doctor in order to make his parents happy. Now Nair is remaking the film with Tucker in the lead role and while she's looking to cast some of the original actors she's also looking for a female lead to co-star.
"Chris Tucker will be playing the main character in the film," said
Nair, adding that filming should begin after Tucker finishes making
"Rush Hour 3."
(read the full story here. And thanks to Al and Jennifer for sending this in. I could feel their horror through the email.)
May 31, 2006 at 11:34 AM in News | Permalink
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This is ridiculous, the original film was bad enough. And then we had to sit through the tamil remake, though at least Kamal Hassan made it more enjoyable to watch than Sanjay. And finally we had to sit through the horrible telugu remake w/ Chiranjeevi. How many times can they remake one crap film?
Though at least it is Mira Nair this time. Salaam Bombay still remains one of the best films in the history of Hindi cinema
Posted by: Victor | May 31, 2006 3:32:23 PM
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