Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gabbar’ renamed ‘Gabbar Is Back’

Bollywood’s ‘Khiladi’ Akshay Kumar‘s upcoming action drama ‘Gabbar’, is one of the most talked about. It was revealed that ‘Gabbar’ has been renamed as ‘Gabbar is Back’ now. ‘Gabbar’ starring Akshay Kumar and Shruti Hassan in the lead role is a remake of Tamil Hit ‘Ramanna’. Akshya Kumar is quite happy about the new title, and is now eagerly awaiting to promote the film.

Sources revealed, “To begin with, the working title of the film was Gabbar. However, due to certain reasons, it couldn’t be finalized. The idea was to get something really catchy and there were quite a few options being thrown around. Since the film’s publicity material is set to be unveiled, it was about time that a striking title was finalized. This is when Gabbar Is Back was proposed and the makers had no hesitation in green lighting it.”

Sources further added that, “The trailer would be out very soon and it is going to be an aggressive campaign,” our source adds, “Very soon, you would hear a lot about Gabbar Is Back. This is going to be a legendary character for sure and Akshay Kumar is going to be every bit that a heavy weight name like this warrants. Wait and watch, it is going to be the talk of the town. Akshay’s Baby stays on to be the biggest success of the year so far, both commercially as well as critically. Now with Gabbar Is Back, the actor is only going to reach out to an added audience base.”

‘Gabbar Is Back’, is been directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and also has Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood and Niketan Dheer in major roles. Kareena Kapoor in a a cameo.

Gabbar is Back will hit big screens on 1st May.