Why Bollywood making remakes? Is it end of Bollywood era? Case Study

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Why Bollywood Making Remakes ?

Why Bollywood making remakes? It is the questions that comes to mind when any remakes movies get into cinema from Bollywood. There are many questions that rising on Bollywood for not giving any blockbuster movies apart from one or two. This article detailly analyses and tries to answer few questions regarding the growing concerns on Bollywood film industry. Questions like is it end of Bollywood era? Why there are new stories or new concepts in films? This article includes the answers to above questions and also looks into movies which are copied from other film industries. 

Why Bollywood making remakes?

From past many years it is observed that, it is very hard to see movies in Bollywood with new stories. Filmy critics say that it is the end of Bollywood. So many movies are copied directly from the southern film industry such as Tollywood, Tamil industry, Malayalam and even from Hollywood. So many remakes are made in Bollywood than any film industry in the world.

Primarily, simple answer for this question is directly related to the collection and performance of movie in cinemas. There is no doubt that Bollywood doesn’t want to explore the different genres of movies. Due to lack of experimentation and new concepts in the industry, repetition of remakes and same concepts other industries such as Tollywood, Malayalam Industry and Tamil Film Industry are leading now-a-days. 

Secondly, it is mandatory to mention that Bollywood has the largest audience in India compared to any other film industry. Apart from Hindi movies Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada movies are not released pan India due to lack of audience. Most of these movies are released in regional theaters and fails to make even collection of their budget.

At last, I would like to mention that Bollywood has the one of the finest production houses. Due to remakes, original film also gets some attention and can earn money by licensing the rights of original film.

List of Remake Films:

1. Baby John

Why Bollywood making remakes

A movie of Varun Dhawan which released recently on 25th December 2024, is copied from the Tamil movie named Theri which stars Vijay. Theri was released in 2016, made on a budget of Rs 75 crores and earned approximately Rs 150 crores in lifetime. Theri response at the time was a good and was commercial hit. If we look at the response for the remake Baby John is not up to the mark as expected by makers.

There are few reasons behind it. Firstly, I would like to mention that the wring timing of release. It was only 4 weeks from the release of movie Allu Arjun’s movie Pushpa 2: The Rule. It is the most hyped movie of 2024. It conquered the cinemas like any other movie industry of film industry. Secondly, the original film Theri was available on YouTube, which is very easy access to viewers. Not to forget few scenes are improvised in new version of the movie and even had Salman Khan in cameo role. It didn’t work for the movie despite of improvisation.

2. Ghajini

Ghajini

Ghajini is remake of Tamil movie same name (Gajini). Its remade version was released in 2008, starring Amir Khan, Asin and Jiah Khan in lead role. The Tamil version hosts Suriya and Asin in lead roles. Both the movies were commercial success of their year of release. The Tamil version is copied from the Christopher Nolan directed Momento, released in 2000.

Both the Tami and Hindi versions were the commercial hits in their respective release years. Both the movies became highest grossers of the year.  Amir Khan himself made some improvisations in the climax scene which made the ending of the film very beautiful and also made sense. Hindi version of Ghajini was the first movie to cross the Rs 100 crore mark in India.

3. Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh

Kabir Singh 2019 Hindi-language movie of Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani’s romantic drama film. It is remake of Tollywood movie named Arjun Reddy starring Vijay Devarakonda. In both the languages it is directed and written by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Telugu version of the movie is made on a budget of approximately Rs 6 crores but made a collection of Rs 50 crores in its lifetime. It was released in Telugu speaking states.

Hindi version Kabir Singh is released pan India and was a sensational success at the box office. Kabir Singh is regarded one of the finest movies of Shahid Kapoor. The lifetime collection of Kabir Singh is Rs 379 crores upon budget of Rs 60 crores.

4. Wanted

Wanted

Wanted film is Salman Khan’s 2009, Award-Winning Bollywood Action Crime Thriller Hindi movie. It was a remake of 2006, Telugu movie Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu, Illeana D’Cruz and Prakash Raj. The original movie and remake both were commercial success at box office. Pokiri is made on budget of Rs 12 crores and collected approximately Rs 81.7 crores in lifetime. 

In the remade version the improvisation is done by Shiraz Ahmed, but the original story is given by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Vinod Khanna and Mahesh Manjrekar alongside Salman Khan. It was hit at box office with a estimated collection of Rs 90.21 crores.

5. Simmba

Simmba

Simmba is 2018 Hindi language action-comedy film, which stars Ranveer Singh, Sonu Sood and Apoorva Mehta in lead roles. It is based on a 2015 Telugu movie called, Temper. It stars Jr. NTR along with Kajal Aggarwal in lead role. Original version is directed by Puri Jagannadh, but the Hindi version is directed by Rohit Shetty.

If we look at the performance of both the versions, both the versions performed well at box office, but Hindi version done extraordinary well at collection. Temper is made on budget of Rs 35 crores and made a lifetime collection Rs 74 crores. But the Hindi version made a collection of Rs 400 crores upon budget of Rs 80 crores.

Is It Good To make Remakes?

Bollywood is making remakes of movies which are released before 2010 or 2012 and those not released in Hindi language. It also considering the fact that, the original film should be hit at Box Office at the time of release. At present all movies are releasing in nationwide theaters in several languages, including Hindi. In long-term perspective it is not good for Bollywood to make remakes. The film industry should come up with new ideas, stories, concepts and also give young talent an opportunity in films.

Is it end of Bollywood?

It is completely wrong to say that the end of Bollywood is near. In industry still there are numerous actors, writers, directors and film makers to take up the industry to new heights. The industry has strong potential to produce a new and future concept into the films.

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