The latest instalment of Raghava Lawrence's popular Muni series, Kanchana-3, has opened to stupendous box-office response in both Telugu and Tamil languages. While the film is minting huge moolah in Telugu states and Tamil Nadu, director Raghava Lawrence has silently begun to work on his first Bollywood project.

The most successful instalment in this series, titled Kanchana, is now getting remade in Hindi with Bollywood star Akshay Kumar in the lead. The principal shooting of the movie has officially begun in Mumbai and 'Bharath Ane Nenu' fame Kiara Advani has been paired opposite the Khiladi star in this horror comedy. The movie has been reportedly titled as 'Lakshmi' in Hindi. This isn't the first time Akshay is remaking a South super hits. His most notable remake films are Rowdy Rathore, Holiday, Bhool Bhulaiya and Boss. 

It remains to be seen if Raghava Lawrence will be able to become as successful as another popular director from Tamil Nadu -Prabhu Deva, who also is a dance choreographer turned filmmaker.