'96' is one of the films which will never face out the Tamil audience's mind and heart. Directed by Prem Kumar, the film starred Vijay Sethupathi, Trisha, Aadithya Baskar and Gouri Krishnan in lead roles.The film received extremely positive reviews from audience and critics alike.
'96' was remade earlier in Kannada as '99' starring Ganesh and Bhavana in the lead roles and shoot of the Telugu remake of the film will be resuming soon. The telugu remake starres Samantha and Sharwanand who is popularly known in Tamil from his role in 'Engeyum Eppothum'.
The shooting of the film was put on hold due to an accident faced by Sharwanand during the shoot of a skydiving scene for the film in June. The doctors had asked him to rest completely for 2 months and now, the shooting will be resuming soon by September.
Recently, Samantha shared an image through her Insta handle and with the script of '96' and captioned "Challenges Challenges what I live for". The telugu remake of the film is directed by Prem Kumar who also made the original in Tamil.