After Chashme Buddoor, director Sai Paranjpe’s another cult film Katha is all set to be remade.

Anjum Rizvi has brought Sai Paranjpe and critic-filmmaker-author Khalid Mohamed together for the project. The film, directed by Khalid under Sai’s guidance will be moulded to suit 2015.

Anjum plans to stick to the essence of the original film in order to remain true to Sai’s original vision. “We don’t intend to play around with the story or commercialise it. It will be true to its tortoise and hare story line,” he told a leading newspaper.

“Sai is Khalid’s friend and when he sounded her out she was very keen, though she made it clear that she would not direct the film. The story, screenplay and dialogue are by Sai and updated by Khalid,” he added.

The film is expected to roll in December and the casting is on. The original Katha featured Naseeruddin Shah, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval.

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