Dulquer will not return for Tamil remake of Charlie; Parvathy to play Tessa again

After remaking the Malayalam hits like Drishyam, How Old Are You and Bangalore Days, another Malayalam film is set for a Tamil remake.

The next film to be remade in Tamil is the critically-acclaimed 2015 film Charlie - which starred Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy, Aparna Gopinath and Nedumudi Venu.

The remake trend seems to be working. Papa Nasham (Drishyam), 36 Vayadhinile (How Old Are You) and Bangalore Naatkal (Bangalore Days) all did well at the Tamil Box Office.

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Pramod Productions has acquired the remake rights of Charlie. The film will be jointly produced by Shruti Nallappa and Prateek Chakravorty.

According to reports, Parvathy will be retained for the remake while the role played by Dulquer is set to be assigned to another actor.

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The original film was directed by Martin Prakkat who has had a string of Box Office superhits including - Best Actor and ABCD (American-Born Confused Desi).

-- Text By SPN