Mission Mangal director Jagan Shakti to team up with John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan for remake of Malayam classic ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’

Mission Mangal director Jagan Shakti to team up with John Abraham, Abhishek Bachchan before Akshay Kumar’s Mission Lion.

After 14 years of Dostana, John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan are all set to reunite on Ayyappanum Koshiyum remake. The much-awaited film will go on floors in around July.

According to Pinkvilla, Mission Mangal director Jagan Shakti has come on board for the Hindi adaptation of the Malayam classic. He has already started working on the script and pre-production of the film.

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“Jagan is a fan of the original film and when he was approached to come on board as director of the Hindi remake, he jumped onto the opportunity. All this while, he was working on the prep work of the Akshay Kumar fronted, Mission Lion, but the same has been delayed for some reason, which gave Jagan the bandwidth to go ahead with the Ayyappanum Koshiyum remake. He is all charged up to take the film on floors around the month of July with the two leads,” revealed a source close to the development.

The source further added that John Abraham will portray the character of Biju Menon from the original whereas Abhishek Bachchan will step into Prithviraj’s shoes.

Meanwhile, John Abraham is busy with the promotions of Mumbai Saga and side by side is shooting for Ek Villain Returns and then he will join the Pathan team in the first week of April. Whereas Abhishek Bachchan is currently shooting for Dasvi along with Yami Gautam and Nirmat Kaur.