In recent years, bollywood hasn't had much success with its hindi adaptations of South flicks. Allu Arjun's telugu smash, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, was unsuccessfully attempted to be recreated by Shehzada, whereas Akshay Kumar's most recent film, Selfiee, was a remake of prithviraj Sukumaran's 2019 malayalam hit, Driving Licence. Both movies had disastrous box office performances, which cast doubt on the remake trend. Has the bollywood remake model for South Asian movies reached its breaking point in this situation? To learn more, we speak with industry professionals.
Film producer and industry expert Amul v Mohan believes there are various causes for this. "Occasionally, the audience as a whole has devoured the picture in diverse ways, in their own languages," he remarked. With Shehzada, this has been the situation. In other cases, like with Akshay Kumar's Selfiee, the subject matter doesn't exactly fit with the overall theme. When a movie has a limited OTT release and you don't have the South Asian version of it available, as was the case with Drishyam 2, it can sometimes work to your advantage. Having said that, the local practise of making movies in other languages is no longer practised. It is not particularly noteworthy.
Akshaye Rathi, a trade analyst, adding, "Selfiee and Shehzada flopped, but Drishyam 2 has been doing really well since fairly recently. Remakes are not a juggle generic that won't succeed at all. To give the story additional meaning, you must adjust to it. Another element is the audience's exposure to streaming services. people have become accustomed to seeing media created in the original tongue. Not only are there films from the South, but also ones in Spanish, English, French, and other languages. Individuals are gaining access to and viewing such content. You must significantly improve the storytelling approach for a remake to be successful."
Film producer and industry expert Amul v Mohan believes there are various causes for this. "Occasionally, the audience as a whole has devoured the picture in diverse ways, in their own languages," he remarked. With Shehzada, this has been the situation. In other cases, like with Akshay Kumar's Selfiee, the subject matter doesn't exactly fit with the overall theme. When a movie has a limited OTT release and you don't have the South Asian version of it available, as was the case with Drishyam 2, it can sometimes work to your advantage. Having said that, the local practise of making movies in other languages is no longer practised. It is not particularly noteworthy.
Akshaye Rathi, a trade analyst, adding, "Selfiee and Shehzada flopped, but Drishyam 2 has been doing really well since fairly recently. Remakes are not a juggle generic that won't succeed at all. To give the story additional meaning, you must adjust to it. Another element is the audience's exposure to streaming services. people have become accustomed to seeing media created in the original tongue. Not only are there films from the South, but also ones in Spanish, English, French, and other languages. Individuals are gaining access to and viewing such content. You must significantly improve the storytelling approach for a remake to be successful."
