BOMBAY, India — Chris Tucker will star in a Hollywood remake of a Bollywood hit about a gangster who enrolls in medical school, according to a newspaper report.
"Munnabhai M.B.B.S.," a hit in India and among South Asians living abroad, will be remade as "Gangster M.D.," director Mira Nair was quoted as telling the Mumbai Mirror in Monday's editions.
"Chris Tucker will be playing the main character in the film," said Nair, adding that she may cast some actors from the 2003 Bollywood original.
Filming is expected to begin after Tucker, 33, finishes work on "Rush Hour 3," to be directed by Brett Ratner and co-starring Jackie Chan.
Nair, who splits her time between homes in New York and Uganda, directed "Vanity Fair," "Monsoon Wedding," "Mississippi Masala" and "Salaam Bombay!"
