Gautham Menon to direct Tamil remake of Malayalam thriller Nayattu

Filmmaker Gautham Menon has been roped in to direct the Tamil remake of the recent Malayalam thriller Nayattu.

As per a report by the website Silverscreen, Allu Arjun’s Geetha Arts has acquired the rights to remake the film in Telugu while John Abraham has bought the Hindi rights. 

The original film’s director and co-producer Martin Prakkat has confirmed the news.

Nayattu was released in cinemas on 9 April. A month later, it was premiered on Netflix. It was received extremely well by critics and audiences alike. 

The film’s synopsis on Netflix reads, “Three police officers become pawns for unscrupulous lawmakers when they are framed in an incident amid political elections and must flee to evade arrest.”

Nayattu joins the long list of Malayalam films that will be remade in other languages. Recently, producer Boney Kapoor announced that he has acquired the rights to remake the Mammootty-starrer One in all Indian languages.