MUMBAI: Undeterred by the failure of films like Khichdi and Mussadilal chale Office Office that were inspired by TV shows, Anant Mahadevan is set to turn the 1978 TV show Ghar Jamai into a film. The

serial was a sitcom about a cantankerous Punjabi father-in-law at loggerheads with his Tamil live-in son-in-law (ghar jamai).

"It‘s amazing to see the kind of impact Ghar Jamai had in those days. Yes, we are making it into a feature film. And Maddy (Madhavan) is very excited about it," Mahadevan said.

While the TV show had Satish Shah playing the father-in-law and Mahadevan the son-in-law, the film will have Rishi Kapoor reprise the role while Madhavan will essay the character of the son-in-law.

While the film has been given a contemporary flavour, the story of the father-in-law and his son-in-law will be based out of Canada in the film.