Special 26 is a 2013 Hindi film that was based on the 1987 Opera House heist. The film featured Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and others.
The remake rights of this film in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam have been bought by producer/director/actor Thyagarajan. Prashanth will be doing the lead in Tamil supported by Nasser, Sathyaraj, Prakash Raj, Thambi Ramaiah and others. Simran and Devayani would be doing a cameo. A popular heroine is expected to play the lady lead in the film titled as 26.
26 will be shot in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Jacqueline Fernandez of Bollywood fame would be dancing for a number with Prashanth.
An interesting aspect of 26 is Anirudh will be scoring the music while Don Max will be the editor.
26 plans to go on floor soon with an aim of hitting the screens in April 2016.