India-based Trigno Media, co-founded by Sajjad Chunawala and Shariq Patel, has acquired the rights to develop British cross-cultural comedy The Infidel in Hindi; the film's original producers Uzma Hasan, Arvind David and writer-producer David Baddiel will executive produce the remake.
The 2010 UK box office hit starred Omid Djalili as a Muslim family man who discovers he's adopted and Jewish. Richard Schiff (West Wing), Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife) and Matt Lucas (Little Britain) also starred within the film. The Infidel has released in over 22 territories globally to critical and commercial acclaim.
The remake will deal with India's two main religions: Hinduism and Islam.
Sajjad Chunawala, Director of Trigno Media said, "PERSONS ARE terrified about race and spiritual issues, especially issues surrounding Muslims and Hindus, and when individuals are terrified, what they honestly should do is laugh. The Infidel is a hilarious story of a person caught between his religion and his conscience and is a narrative that has immense relevance to India and is an improbable and significant film that may be waiting to be made."
Negotiations were handled by Uzma Hasan and India specialist lawyers Lee and Thompson. Commenting at the announcement, Uzma remarked, "IT HAS BEEN incredible to look at The Infidel resonate with audiences around the globe; I'm excited to peer it reinterpreted in a single of world's most richly diverse nations."
Casting of the film is in process and a statement in relation to the similar is perhaps made soon.
