Aamir Khan's 'Delhi Belly' to get Tamil remake?

Delhi Belly will reportedly be remade for the Tamil cinema market.

According to Mumbai Mirror, a number of South Indian filmmakers have contacted producer Aamir Khan about buying the rights to the hit comedy.

Bollywood editor for BBC Publishing Ashanti Omkar told Digital Spy: "The runaway success of Delhi Belly the world over has sprung many creative ideas in the Indian film fraternity as a whole."

Delhi Belly, which stars Imran Khan, has defied the expectations of trade analysts in the revenue it has generated since opening last Friday.

"The idea of such a film having a Tamil version is exciting, as it is with any other Southern language, as this type of cinema has worked there," said Omkar. "A director like Venkat Prabhu, who made a film like Saroja or Chennai 60028 and Goa, can do justice to a remake."

Producers Khan and UTV are also said to be considering remaking the film themselves with Tamil actors, as well as working on a sequel to the original movie.

Although Delhi Belly is primarily an English-language film, a dubbed Hindi print is also on release in domestic markets.

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