Aamir Khan drops Basil Joseph's Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey Hindi remake: 'Couldn't find actors who...'

Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey, starring Basil Joseph and Darshana Rajendran in the lead roles, was one of the popular Malayalam films of 2022, that led to many discussions. The Malayalam film even attracted the attention of Bollywood bigwigs with Aamir Khan planning to remake the Basil Joseph-starrer in Hindi. Though discussions were held, the Hindi movie never took off. Now, Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey actor Azees Nedumangad has revealed why the Hindi remake did not happen. 

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Aamir Khan dropped Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey Hindi remake plans

Basil Joseph, who played the role of a cop in the recently released Pravinkoodu Shappu, starred in Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey as newlywed Rakesh. The film, which had Darshana’s Jaya literally fighting for respect and her rights, was much talked about. Ghajini star’s Aamir Khan Productions even wanted to remake the film in Hindi but had a difficult time finding the right cast from Bollywood, says Azees Nedumangad, who played Rajesh’s cousin Ani in the film, directed by Vipin Das.

“They held discussions on who would play what and decided to let the actress who played the mother in Malayalam reprise her role in the Hindi remake as well. They even considered following the same for the rest of the cast too, because they were not able to find actors suitable to play these character roles. Since the casting could not happen as they wanted, that film got dropped,” explained Azees Nedumangad during a recent interview with the Reporter channel.

Other Hindi remakes of Malayalam films

Many popular Malayalam films have been remade in Hindi over the years. Mohanlal’s mind-bending thriller Drishyam 1 and 2 were remade in Hindi with Ajay Devgn in the lead role. Tovino Thomas-starrer Forensic, another thriller, was also remade in Hindi, that starred Vikrant Massey and Radhika Apte in the lead roles. Forensic is available on Zee5 and OTTplay Premium. Dileep and Nayanthra’s Bodyguard was remade in multiple languages. The Hindi Bodyguard starred Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor.