Upcoming Bollywood films that are a remake of South Indian movies

• Murtuza Nullwala
• 30 July, 2019

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By: Murtuza Nullwala

From the past many years Bollywood filmmakers have been remaking South Indian movies. A few of the blockbuster movies like Ghajini, Rowdy Rathore, Bodyguard, etc. were a remake of South Indian films. This year’s biggest hit till date is Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh which is a remake of Telugu film Arjun Reddy.

Well, in the next few months also we will get to see many Bollywood films that are a remake of South Indian movies…

Prassthanam

2010 release Telugu film Prassthanam has been remade in Hindi with the same title and stars Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala and Jackie Shroff in the lead roles. The teaser of the film was launched recently and it has impressed us. The movie is directed by Deva Katta who had also helmed the Telugu movie.

RX 100

Telugu film RX 100 starred Kartikeya and Payal Rajput in the lead role. It was a hit at the box office and now, the film is being remade in Hindi by Sajid Nadiadwala. It marks the Bollywood debut of Suniel Shetty’s son, Ahan Shetty and also stars Student Of The Year 2 fame Tara Sutaria.

Laxmmi Bomb

Looks like South filmmakers are also keen to remake their movies in Hindi. After Sandeep Reddy Vanga and Deva Katta, we have Raghava Lawrence, who will also make his Bollywood directorial debut with Akshay Kumar starrer Laxmmi Bomb. The movie is a remake of Lawrence’s Tamil film Muni 2: Kanchana.

Ikka

After Laxmmi Bomb, Akshay will be seen in one more film that will be a remake of Tamil movie. We are talking about the remake of Vijay starrer Kaththi. The remake which is titled as Ikka will be directed by Jagan Shakti who has worked with Akshay in the upcoming film Mission Mangal.

Jersey remake

Nani and Shraddha Srinath starrer Telugu film Jersey released this year in April. It turned out to be a hit at the box office, and we have been hearing a lot of reports about the Hindi remake of the film. Reportedly, Shahid Kapoor will be seen in the remake of the film. Well, we are waiting for an official announcement of it.

Dear Comrade

It was just a few days ago, when Karan Johar announced that he will be producing the Hindi remake of Vijay Deverakonda starrer Dear Comrade. There were even several reports about the casting of the film, but Karan cleared the air that they haven’t finalised or considered any actor for the film.