Nerkonda Paarvai: Ajith Kumar's Tamil Remake of PINK Confirmed to Release on August 10

The Tamil remake of Pink, AK 59 (Ajith Kumar's 59th film) finally has a title and a release date! The producer of the film, Boney Kapoor recently made an announcement that the film which will star Ajith Kumar, Shraddha Srinath, Adhik Ravichandran, Arjun Chidambaram, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Aswin Rao and Sujith Shankar has been titled 'Nerkonda Paarvai'.

Makers have also announced that the film is set to release on August 10, 2019. Technically, the film will be considered in the Independence Day weekend as it is releasing around 15th August date. So far the film does not see any clash with other films. Directed by Vinoth, the film will also see Vidya Balan in a special appearance. This will mark her Kollywood debut as she will be starred opposite Ajith Kumar. As Ajith will be portraying the role of Amitabh Bachchan in Pink as the lawyer who fights the protagonist's case.

On the same, earlier, Boney Kapoor had stated that the film would be their ode to the late Sridevi. "While working with Ajith in English Vinglish, Sridevi had expressed her desire that Ajith does a Tamil film for our home production. Nothing exciting came up till one day last year. Ajith suggested remaking Pink in Tamil. She immediately agreed as she thought it was the most appropriate and timely film to make and Ajith would bring all the elements required to make it into a great Tamil film," said Boney Kapoor to IANS.

With Pink being the first remake, Boney Kapoor plans to bring various hit Hindi films in the Tamil industry. "Pink is the first, and there will be many more to follow. I have the rights of Badhaai Ho as well, which will also be planned in Telugu and Tamil," Kapoor told DNA. With Ajith playing the pivotal role, the film is bound to have a big opening at the Tamil box office. We cannot wait to see what the actor plans to bring new to the table.

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