Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 16, 2018)

Fourteen years after Quentin Tarantino made the Uma Thurman-starrer Kill Bill, his most profi table film of the time which revolved around a deadly assassin known as ‘The Bride’, the franchise is up for a desi makeover. Mirror has learnt that Nikhil Dwivedi’s production house has bagged the remake rights for the two-part series.

A spokesperson for Nikhil, who recently produced Veere Di Wedding alongside Anil and Rhea Kapoor, and Ekta and Shobha Kapoor, confirmed the news.

Kill Bill: Volume 1, which released in 2003, introduces Uma as the deadliest woman in the world who swears revenge on a team of assassins and their leader, Bill (played by David Carradine), after they try to kill her and her unborn child. Her journey takes her to Japan, where she battles the Tokyo Yakuza (members of a transnational organised crime syndicates). Made on a budget of $30 million, it raked in over $180 million.

The sequel, originally set for a single release but eventually divided into two given its run time of four hours, opened in 2004, replicating the commercial and critical acclaim of its predecessor.