The official release date for the Hindi remake of Tamil blockbuster Kaithi was just announced by the makers of it. The film which became a huge blockbuster in Tamil is going to get a Hindi version on the 12th february of 2021.

“Kaithi” film released along with highly anticipated “Bigil” and performed extremely well in the box office despite of the star value of the Vijay starrer. Having no heroine, songs or flashback, “Kaithi” film impressed the audience for its strong and intense plot. Karthi who already chose to do performances oriented films such as “Aayirathil Oruvan”, “Paruthi Veeran”, “Theeran Athigaram Ondru”, excelled in “Kaithi” in his own way.

Kaithi revolves around a story of a released prisoner who spent 10 years of Jail sentence. On his way to meet his daughter for the first time, the protagonist was forced to help a senior police officer from deadly drug lords. The film reportedly collected 100 crores in the box office and it is currently streaming in Hotstar.

Ajay Devgn, one of the top actors in Bollywood is going to replace the role played by Karthi and rest of the cast and crew are yet to be announced. It is notable that Ajay acted in the remake of Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam as well. He also appeared in Singam remake. Being one of the most intense and influential actors of Hindi cinema, Ajay has won two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards.

Sharing this news in his official twitter account, S.R Prabhu, producer of Kaithi and co producer of the Hindi remake wrote “We are thrilled to announce that Ajay Devgn will be playing the lead in Reliance entertainment, Dream warrior Pictures and ADF Films Hindi remake of Kaithi. The film will release on February 12, 2021.” in his official twitter account.

We are thrilled to announce that @ajaydevgn will be playing the lead in @RelianceEnt @DreamWarriorPic and @ADFFilms Hindi remake of #Kaithi. The film will release on February 12, 2021.@Shibasishsarkar #SRPrakashbabu @Meena_Iyer

— S.R.Prabhu (@prabhu_sr) February 28, 2020

Ajay also confirmed the news by posting about it in his official twitter account.

Yes, I’m doing the Hindi remake of the Tamil film Kaithi. Releases on February 12, 2021 🙏 @RelianceEnt @DreamWarriorpic @ADFFilms @Shibasishsarkar #SRPrakashbabu @prabhu_sr @Meena_Iyer

— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) February 28, 2020

As soon as the news surfaced, various kind of reactions are pouring in the social media platforms. Though majority number of fans expressed their happiness on the film getting a remake, few expressed their disappointment as well. Check out some of their reactions below :

Then Annan @Suriya_offl's #Singam Now Thambi @Karthi_Offl's #Kaithi

Best Wishes ❤️❤️

— 🅜🅞🅗🅐🅝 | #23YrsOfU1ism (@Mohanraj_Suriya) February 28, 2020

Flop , dhanush and Akshay Kumar will make sure you run from that date..

— { मसलु } (@CrackedMasalu) February 28, 2020

டைரக்ட்டர் யாருடா?

இந்த படம் லோகேஷ் டைரக்ட்டர் னா, மார்ச்5 ராஜ்கமல் ஃபிலிம்ஸ் அடுத்து பூஜை போடுற படத்துக்கு டைரக்ட்டர் யாரு? https://t.co/0MHspXqEnC

— நெட்வொர்க் நாடோடி 2.0 (@gypsy_online2) February 28, 2020

Movie ruined. https://t.co/kjer69LDVt

— 🥺 (@mumbaigirl99) February 28, 2020

But don't spoil this kind of masterpiece movie by adding cheap itemsongs, love track, heroine etc… #Master

— Vinay (@MasterVinay22) February 28, 2020

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