“I had a great time working with Naga sir.”Īdmittedly, Thozha is not a frame-by-frame copy of The Intouchables (The Untouchables in English), but the Tamil/Telugu editions have retained the soul and spirit of the French drama, Karthi averred. In a chat with this writer this morning, Karthi said it was important to have had a perfect rapport with Nagarjuna - for after all Thozha (which translates into Companion) is all about companionship and camaraderie. Read: Karthi’s winning hearts, and roles, with his work ethic There is a scene in the trailer where Tamaannaah in a short dress is a posing for a photograph, the lensman here being Karthi, who keeps bending down till the girl understands what the guy is up to! The Intouchables is a fascinating piece of celluloid narrative - a buddy film about a quadriplegic white millionaire and a rather uncouth black caretaker. And probably with a greater sense of innocent mischief than what we saw of Sy. Obviously, there is a lot more of her that one would see in Thozha - which will still be buddy, buddy with the Telugu star, Nagarjuna, portraying the wheelchair-bound millionaire, and the Tamil star with his trademark twinkling eyes, Karthi, reprising Sy’s Man Friday. Preferring to describe Thozha as an adaptation rather than a strict remake, Tamannaah said in a recent interview that her character was a combo of the French film’s housekeeper and secretary. But in Vamshi’s version, Tamaannaah as Keerthi, the secretary, gets into the frame with gutsy gung-ho. The secretary in The Intouchables does not have a great part. But, well, Philip takes Driss in, much to his annoyance, and then begins his learning curve in a movie that reminds one of The Scent of a Woman, My Fair Lady and The Prince and the Pauper. He is really not keen on the job, and has applied merely to show one more rejection to get his dole. So, he is on the lookout for a new guy, and a black man, Driss (Omar Sy), lands up.
Now, Philip is tired of all those caregivers, whose intrusive attention is irritating, to say the least. Philip (played by Francois Cluzet), who is paralysed from the neck down after a paragliding accident, is a rich widower who lives with his teenage daughter, secretary, caregiver and housekeeper. Read: Nagarjuna, Karthi in Telugu/Tamil remake of The Intouchables Thozha is not a frame-by-frame copy of The Intouchables (The Untouchables in English), but the Tamil/Telugu editions have retained the soul and spirit of the French original. It is both funny and touching to see them strike an unusual bond.
Based on a kind of true incident, it is a buddy film about a quadriplegic white millionaire and a rather uncouth black caretaker. The Intouchables is a fascinating piece of celluloid narrative, which this writer saw in 2011. Admittedly, the Indian story has been shot in Paris, Lyon, Belgrade and Hyderabad, and so one supposes a French flavour will be discernible in Thozha/Oopiri. Read: We’ve kept the soul of the French original intact in Thozha, says Vamshi The Tamil/Telugu remake of The Intouchables, Thozha/Oopiri stars Nagarguna and Karthi in the lead roles.Īnd on March 25, we will see Oliver Nakache’s and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables transforming from the French language into Tamil and Telugu, Thozha/Oopiri, helmed by Vamshi. Two weeks ago, Nalan Kumarasamy’s Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum was remade from the Korean picture, My Dear Desperado. Kamal Hassan’s Thoongavanam was recreated from the French Sleepless Night. In recent months, we have seen a string of such Tamil versions of inspiring foreign works.
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