Thakrey is Prajwal, Guru Deshpande next
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,October 19 2017]
There was St John Thackeray in the Kittur Kingdom of East India Company rule, Kitturu Rani Chennaamma fought tooth and nail against the ‘Kappa’ (Tax), we have Bal Thakeray eminent personality of Maharashtra, we have a Kannada film now ‘Thakrey’ now from director Guru Deshpande of films like Raja Huli, Rudra Thandava, John Jaani Janardhan, Samhara and now ‘Thakrey’ based on Macbeth of William Shakespeare.
Guru Deshpande has invited Prajwal Devaraj for the title role. It is launching in November soon after release of ‘Samhara’ starring Chiranjeevi Sarja, Kavya Shetty and Haripriya in lead roles.
For one of the prominent roles in this ‘Thakrey’ director Guru Deshpande is also extending invitation to dream merchant of Kannada cinema V Ravichandran.
William Shakespeare plays were adapted on silver screen by many directors. ‘Comedy of Errors’ was made by director Shanker as ‘Ulta Pulta’ that was a super hit. Hindi language had the cinema ‘Maqbool’ based on Macbeth.
What Guru Deshpande is up to will be known in later days!