Ajay Devgn returns to action movies

The actor-producer has bought the rights to produce the Hindi remake of Puthiya Mukham, which had Malayalam superstar Prithviraj in the lead. Golmaal director Rohit Shetty will wield the megaphone for the yet-to-be titled Hindi remake.

After featuring in comedies like

Golmaal

and

Sunday

, Ajay Devgn returns to action movies with the remake of a Malayalam film.

The actor-producer has bought the rights to produce the Hindi remake of

Puthiya Mukham

, which had Malayalam superstar Prithviraj in the lead.

Golmaal

director Rohit Shetty will wield the megaphone for the yet-to-be titled Hindi remake.

"I have seen

Puthiya Mukham

three times. Ajay and I have been wanting to do a hardcore action film for the last three years. At last, we are doing it,? said Shetty whose last last action film was

Zameen

.

Released in 2003,

Zameen

starred Ajay with Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu.