Filmmaker Priyadarshan is currently shooting the Hindi film Haiwaan with Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan. The movie is a remake of the Malayalam film Oppam, starring Mohanlal in the lead. Priyadarshan has remade several Malayalam films into Hindi over the years and found success with many of them. He will also be returning to the Hera Pheri franchise to direct the third installment, which will reunite its lead cast, including Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal.

Priyadarshan on remakes

In a recent interaction with Pinkvilla, Priyadarshan explained his approach to remakes, "I never show the original film to the actor.  I made this mistake a couple of times when I was remaking Malayalam films in Telugu. I showed Mohanlal’s films to actors, and they tried to imitate him." He said he reshapes the script of remakes to suit the performers.