Last year, actor Arun Vijay had acted in the movie Thadam, which was directed by Magizh Thirumeni who had given a big breakthrough in his career with Thadaiyara Thaakka earlier, This movie had Arun Vijay playing dual roles for the first time in his career.

Thadam was an investigative thriller revolving around a murder, and the movie also had Tanya Hope, Smruthi venkat, Vidya Pradeep and Sonia Agarwal in important roles. While the movie's Telugu remake Red is releasing next month, now the movie's Hindi remake has also been announced.

Thadam's Hindi remake is directed by debutant Vardhan Ketkar and will have actor Siddharth Malhotra in the lead. Actress Mrunal Thakur has been signed to play the role played by Vidya Pradeep in the original, and this movie has been announced as a November release.