Ajith to do Billa remake

Don, the Bollywood blockbuster of the 80s, was remade with contemporary idioms recently in Bollywood.

The original Don was remade in Tamil in the 80s as Billa.

Billa is now being remade and reinvented in Tamil.

Getting into the act will be Ajith. And directing it will be Vishnuvardhan, the modern Tamil director.

L.Suresh of Ananda Pictures will produce this film. Nirav Shah will handle the camera. Yuvan Shankar Raja will score the music.

Shahrukh's Don is a big hit. In fact, such remakes are now the norm in Bollywood.

Kollywood is also getting into the act with right earnest.

Vishnuvardhan, sources claim, had been toying with this idea for long.

But it will be on Ajith that all the eyes will be on.

To make a Rajini movie as a remake takes guts and strength of character. And Ajith has shown that he has it in him.

Ajith has also got the go-ahead from Rajini.

So the coast is clear for him.

The film will begin rolling in March 2007.