John buys rights of Telugu film Mirchi

Actor-producer John Abraham has acquired the remake rights of the Telugu hit film Mirchi and will make it in Hindi. This was confirmed by his spokesperson. The original was directed by debutant Koratala Siva. Mirchi starred Prabhas,Anushka Shetty and Richa Gangopadhyay in the lead roles. Released in February this year,the film was a blockbuster.

Abraham,who watched the film and loved it,will be acting in the remake. The remaining cast has still to be finalised.

Currently,Abraham is promoting his home production Madras Cafe,in which he plays an intelligence agent and is also set to produce another project,Hamara Bajaj. His other acting assignments include Welcome Back and Dostana 2.

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