It's Official! Shahid Kapoor To Star In Magadheera Remake In Bollywood

Sajid Nadiadwala got immense success with his debut directorial, Kick starring Salman Khan which was a Hindi remake of Telugu film of the same name. After obtaining huge success with his very first directorial venture, Sajid is all set to start work on his second project and for that he has picked up yet another Telugu flick to be remade in Hindi.

Sajid has chose to remake Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Aggarwal starrer 2007 Telugu blockbuster Magadheera. A lot of speculation regarding the main lead had been going around, it was said that Hrithik Roshan would be reprising the role of Ram Charan but now it has been announced that Shahid Kapoor is the lucky star who will be essaying the role of Ram Charan in the Hindi version. While the hero as been confirmed, the search for the leading lady is still on and Sajid is also currently busy working on the script of the Hindi version. Shahid is currently committed to Vikas Bahl's Shaandar, Raj and Krishna DK's Farji and Abhishek Chaubey's untitled project, so it looks like, the actor may take quite some time to don the warrior avatar the fans are so eager to see.

Source: http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/news/2014/shahid-kapoor-to-star-in-magadheera-remake-165588.html