Bollywood remakes of South Indian films
Bollywood is an industry where remakes reign supreme. It's not just Hollywood that it looks to, inspiration has often come from down South. Here's a look
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Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsAjay Devgn has announced his next project for the silver screen will be the remake of the Tamil action film Singam. While Devgn takes on the role played by Suriya Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal will step into the heels of Anushka Shetty. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsSunday – Charmy Kaur, Jagapati Babu and Shashank star in the Telugu Anukokunda Oka Roju. Ayesha Takia takes over Charmy's role of a girl trying to recall a particular Sunday in her life. Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi and Irfan Khan co-star. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsKhushi - While Tamil Kushi starring Joseph Vijay and Jyothika Saravanan was an average film, its Hindi remake with Fardeen Khan and Kareena Kapoor bombed completely. The movie was remade in Telugu too starring Pawan Kalyan and Bhoomika Chawla. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsYuva - Mani Ratnam made Aayutha Ezhuthu in Tamil with Surya, Madhavan and Siddharth and Yuva with an all star lineup of Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherjee and Kareena Kapoor. Abhishek won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsVirasat - Tamil original Thevar Magan had the South's biggest stars Sivaji Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, Nasser and Revathi. Anil Kapoor, Tabu, and Pooja Batra repeated the original's critical and commercial success up North. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsEk: The Power of One - Mahesh Babu, Trisha and flavor of the month Sonu Sood starred in Tamil original Athadu. Bobby Deol and Shriya Saran flew the flag for Bollywood but the remake sank without a trace at the box office. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsBhool Bhulaiyaa - The 1993 Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu starring Shobana, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi was remade in several other languages, of which one was the Hindi Bhool Bhulaiya with Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Ameesha Patel and Shiney Ahuja. -
Bollywood remakes of South Indian filmsRaavan – Mani Ratnam's dream project Tamil Raavanan, as well as its Hindi remake, failed miserably at the box office. While Vikram and Aishwarya starred in both the versions, Abhishek Bachchan was roped in for its Hindi remake.
