Singham
July 10, 2011

Singham (English: Lion) is an upcoming action film directed by Rohit Shetty starring Ajay Devgn and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. The film is a remake of the successful 2010 Tamil film, Singam, which was directed by Hari and featuring Suriya in the lead role. Theatrical trailer was released along with Salman Khan's Ready on 3 June 2011.

Production

After the success of the Tamil film ,Singam, directed by Hari in 2010, the film's remake rights were sold by the producers for Hindi and Kannada versions. The co-producers of the Tamil version, Reliance Big Pictures also purchased the Hindi remake rights and announced in November 2010 that the version would feature Rohit Shetty as director and Ajay Devgn in the lead role. Prakash Raj was signed on to reprise his role if the antagonist from the original, whilst reports emerged that Asin and Anushka Shetty were being considered for the female lead role. Anushka later declined the offer and was subsequently replaced by Kajal Aggarwal, another actress who had predominantly featured in South Indian films in her career.

The first schedule began in early March 2011 with action sequences shot in Goa featuring technicians from South India.

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Kajal Aggarwal, Prakash Raj, Ashok Saraf, Sachin Khedekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Sana Amin Sheikh, Anant Jog, Vijay Patkar, Jayant Sawarkar, Ashok Samarth, Kishore Nandlaskar, Ravindra Berde, Hemu Adhikari, Agasthya Dhanorkar, Suchitra Bandekar, Suhasini Deshpande, Meghna Vaidya, Pradeep Welankar