Sudhir Mishra to remake own film in English
IANS
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
 Even as the rush to remake old Hindi classics is on the rise in Bollywood, director Sudhir Mishra has decided to do the unimaginable and wants to remake his own film in English. He is set to remake his own 1996 Hindi noire-thriller "Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin", which featured Smriti Mishra, Tara Deshpande and Nirmal Pandey.
"It was a small but noticed film. I made it for Amit Khanna's Plus Channel (now defunct). I enjoyed doing it then. But now when I look at 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin', I see a lot of potential in it. I don't think it has dated a bit," Mishra told IANS.
"I'm remaking 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' completely in English for my friend Shekhar Kapoor who will produce the film. This time the plot about one thrilling night in the life of a cluster of distraught characters would be located completely in England. It goes on the floors in 2007."
One of the more interesting aspects of this unconventional remake would be its cosmopolitan cast.
"I want to cast someone like Adrien Brody in the lead. The female protagonist would be played by an Indian actress. I've worked out the entire visual plan," said the director.
Meanwhile, he is all set to film "Bahut Nikle Mere Armaan" - a nostalgic not-so-affectionate look-back at the politics of the 1950s - with Vidya Balan and Shiney Ahuja.
"It's interesting for me to see so many directors doing remakes of other people's films right now when I'm remaking my own film, and that too in a different language. I don't think that has been done before," said Mishra.
Sooraj Barjatya remade two of the films produced by his banner. "Hum Aapke Hain Koun" was a remake of Rajshri Productions' "Nadiya Ke Paar", while "Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon" remade "Chitchor".
Neither of them was originally directed by Barjatya. Mehboob Khan is the only director so far to have remade his own film "Aurat" (1940) as "Mother India" (1957).
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