In recent weeks, there have been strong rumours about Venkatesh considering the Telugu remake of Mohanlal’s successful Malayalam film, Neru. Released on last year, Neru, a courtroom drama, marked Mohanlal’s comeback and grossed a whopping 86Cr worldwide.
Jeethu Joseph, the director of Neru, is also in talks for the highly anticipated Kollywood project, Drishyam 3, with Mohanlal.
Despite earlier plans for Venkatesh to star in the Telugu version, it appear the production has reached a challenge. Neru will be available on Hotstar starting January 23rd in a many of languages, including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada.
The decision to put the film on an OTT platform raises questions about the sustainability of a remake, as viewers may have seen it before, creating a considerable risk to the project.