Abhishek Chaubey is all set to helm the Hindi remake of Karthik Subbaraj's Tamil film Jigarthanda (2014), which featured Siddharth and Lakshmi Menon. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala has acquired the rights of the gangster comedy. Scripting is currently underway. Earlier, there was speculation that Ajay Devgn was planning a remake but the project did not take off.

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