South remakes don’t work anymore and Hindi makers don’t have the writers who can create an original idea. The last two film releases, ‘Shehzada’ and ‘Selfiee’, were remakes of ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’ (Telugu) and ‘Driving Licence’ (Malayalam), respectively. Both proved to be unmitigated disasters. Imagine an Akshay Kumar-starrer opening to Rs 2.5 crore on Day One! The same star who turned everything he touched into gold not very long ago!
The problem is that borrowing stories from the South is no guarantee for success. Sadly, most remakes are action films and not all Hindi stars can justify action. There are phases for all genres, and the action genre needs a pause. Action films in the good old days were considered B grade and were the domains of actors such as Dara Singh, Kamran Khan, Sheikh Mukhtar and others in this league, and they had their takers away from what...
The problem is that borrowing stories from the South is no guarantee for success. Sadly, most remakes are action films and not all Hindi stars can justify action. There are phases for all genres, and the action genre needs a pause. Action films in the good old days were considered B grade and were the domains of actors such as Dara Singh, Kamran Khan, Sheikh Mukhtar and others in this league, and they had their takers away from what...
- 3/12/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Sitting through the Hindi remake of the 2020 Malayalam whodunit Forensic, is not a pleasant way to spend one’s time. The mauling that the remake makers have done with the original film is inexplicably thoroughly condemnable, there should be laws protecting the source-material from such serious lynching. Just because a producer buys the rights of a successful film, he should by no means have the right to subject the original to a fury of absurd alterations. The relationship between the original and the remake should be that between the landlord and the tenant. You can’t add rooms or break walls .
Then, of course , there is the bad acting. Tomas Tovino in the original was Samuel, a forensic expert with a delightfully wicked sense of humour. In the remake Vikrant Massey , usually a dependable character, makes the forensic expert seem like a cross between a petulant child and an insensitive professional.
Then, of course , there is the bad acting. Tomas Tovino in the original was Samuel, a forensic expert with a delightfully wicked sense of humour. In the remake Vikrant Massey , usually a dependable character, makes the forensic expert seem like a cross between a petulant child and an insensitive professional.
- 6/29/2022
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
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