Vikram steps into Bollywood

Fans of Superstar Vikram shall see a lot of him in the coming days. Vikram is gearing up for his Bollywood debut with Raavan-Asokavanam, a bilingual film directed by Mani Ratnam. The actor’s superhero film, Kanthaswamy (Mallana in Telugu) is also set to release soon. But here comes a surprise for all Vikram fans. Some of his Tamil movies will now be dubbed in Hindi!

Dhill (2001), Dhool (2003), Saami (2003), Majaa (2005) will be his first few films to release in Hindi. Dhill was one of Vikram’s biggest hits. It was distributed for US Dollar 1 million and brought in US Dollar 2 million at the box office. The film was remade in Bollywood as Dum with Vivek Oberoi as the lead character. Directed by Dharani, Dhool is also a mass entertainer which grossed US Dollar 4 million.

One of Vikram’s biggest hits is Saami, which along with Kaakka Kaakka, led to a rise in the number of police and thief films being made in Tamil. It made US Dollar 5 million. The remake of a Malayalam film, Thomannum Makkalum, Majaa did average business.