MUMBAI: Dar Motion Pictures has announced the remake of Mahesh Manjrekar‘s Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy in Bengali.

The film that is still in its pre-production stage is part of the three-film deal that Dar Motion Pictures had earlier struck with director Mahesh Manjrekar.

The director who has so far directed films in Hindi and Marathi, is now trying his hand in Bengali films.

In the Bengali film, Mithun Chakraborty will essay the role that Sachin Khedekar had essayed in the Marathi film.

Manjrekar had himself essayed the pivotal role of Shivaji Maharaj in the Marathi version.