Raghava Lawrence To Team Up With Akshay Kumar?

After making shock-waves with his Pakshi Rajan’s avatar in 2.0, superstar Akshay Kumar will be teaming up with Tamil director Raghava Lawrence for the Hindi remake of the hit Muni franchise, as reported.

The film will not just be a remake of Muni but it will be a combination of the first two films of the franchise - Muni (2007) and Muni 2: Kanchana (2011). This will be a comeback to the horror genre for Akshay Kumar post- Bhool Bhulaiyaa.

The film will be announced shortly and it is expected to go floors from April this year and slated to release in 2020.

Raghava Lawrence made his mark with his Muni series in Tamil and he is gearing up for its fourth film in the franchise, Kanchana 3, which is slated for release on April 18.

Kanchana from the Muni series is one of the most successful horror comedies at the box office. Directed by Raghava Lawrence, who had played the lead role in it, the film had Sarath Kumar, Kovai Sarala, Devadarshini and Raai Laxmi playing pivotal roles.

Akshay Kumar made his debut in South India with the multilingual 2.0, which was directed by S Shankar. Akshay played the main antagonist and shared the screen space with Rajinikanth. The film had Amy Jackson as the female lead.

The actor is currently busy with two Bollywood flicks Kesari and Houseful 4. Besides these films he also a couple of other Hindi movies Good News and Mission Mangal.