Forrest Gump to get Bollywood remake
There has been a recent trend of Bollywood remakes of American films, including 2017’s 'Chef' and 2014’s 'Bang! Bang!'
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Your support makes all the difference.A Bollywood remake of the Oscar-winning classic Forrest Gump is in the works.
Lal Singh Chadha will star Aamir Khan and will be co-produced by him, under his banner Aamir Khan Films, alongside Viacom’s India film unit, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hindi-language film will be directed by Advait Chandan, behind 2017’s hit musical drama Secret Superstar, and filming is set to begin in October.
Khan announced the project on his 54th birthday, telling reporters at a media event: “We have bought the rights from Paramount. I have always loved Forrest Gump as a script. It is a wonderful story about this character. It is a feel-good film. It is a film for the whole family.”
The 1994 film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, took its basis from the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, spanning several decades in the life of its titular character, a kind-hearted, intellectually impaired man who witnesses and (unwittingly) influences several major historical events of 20th century America.
Tom Hanks played the role of Forrest, winning the Academy Award for the role, with the film also winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing.
In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
There has been a recent trend of Bollywood remakes of American films, including 2017’s Chef, based on the Jon Favreau film, and 2014’s Bang! Bang!, based on Knight and Day. This year will also see remakes of The Fault in Our Stars and the 2014 Keira Knightley film, Begin Again.
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