It’s now left to Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan to replicate the chemistry between the Tamil actors.įortunately, the remake has been helmed by Pushkar-Gayathri, and marks their debut in the Hindi film industry. The names of Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan were subsequently attached to the film, but then Aamir Khan took a pass too. Reports swirled of a top-flight Bollywood casting to match the performances of the original leads, R Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi.įor reasons unknown, Shah Rukh Khan passed on the project. The original film, directed by Pushkar and Gayathri in 2017, was begging to remade into Hindi. The first look of Vikram Vedha, the upcoming Hindi remake of the Tamil film of the same name, released on Monday reveals Hrithik Roshan as Vedha, the gangster whose fate is linked with the police officer Vikram, played by Saif Ali Khan.