A mad race is on between Kollywood director P Vasu and Bollywood director Priyadarsan over who will first complete their versions of Katha Parayumbol in Tamil and Hindi respectively.

P Vasu and Priyan are not known to be the best of friends. Last year, P Vasu sent a legal notice to Priyadarsan, claiming the director was trying to copy his Chandramukhi scene-by-scene into Hindi as Bhool Bhulaiya!

Priyan hit back saying that his film is based on the Malayalam original Manichitrathazhu, which was ripped off as Aaptamitra in Kannada, and remade in Tamil by Vasu as Chandramukhi! Anyway, Priyan's Bhool Bhulaiya turned out to be a blockbuster hit and he had the last laugh.

When writer, actor and producer Sreenivasan showed Priyadarsan, his close buddy, the first cut of Katha Parayumbol even before it released in Kerala, the director's first reaction was: "I will remake it in Hindi with Shah Rukh Khan playing the superstar's role, done by Mammootty."

After the film became a hit in Kerala, P Vasu wanted to remake it with Rajinikanth as Kuselan and held a show for him. The superstar agreed to do it and now the battle between Vasu and Priyan is over which version will turn out to be a bigger hit.

Both the directors have reworked the original to suit their respective market conditions. Now Vasu and Priyan are saying the role of the "superstar character in the film" has been expanded and they will have more screen space to include an additional "two songs and two fights".

Vasu and Priyan may probably release the film on the same day - August 15.

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