India, July 27 -- Priyadarshan is now ready to roll the Hindi adaptation of the Malayalam thriller Oppam, titled Haiwaan, some nine years after the original release. Shooting is set to begin in Cochin on August 23, and the long-awaited project will include Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar in significant parts.

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Priyadarshan was already thinking of doing a Hindi version of Oppam when the original came out in 2016. According to a report in Mid Day, Khan and the filmmaker have been in talks for about a year, thus the concept has been taking its time to materialise. Previous rumours said that...