Ever since Special 26 churned the Indian Box Office for meritorious screenplay from Neeraj Pandey and superb performances from Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher, from last three to four years there have been extensive discussions on possible remake of the same in Telugu under the direction of Harish Shankar starring Raviteja as hero.
However, Tamil director Vignesh Shivan dashed all such hopes by remaking Special 26 as Telugu, Tamil bi-lingual Gang which is set for release in coming Pongal season.
Cinejosh is the first website to have reported the legitimate shades of Special 26 in Gang teaser released recently. Nevertheless, Vignesh Shivan has now opened himself saying that the film is neither a complete remake nor a free make but made necessary changes to suit Suriya’s following and the tastes of South audience.