We have seen a group of Mumbai beauties who made their presence on Tamil screens in Kollywood’s first season, for instance, Sameera Reddy, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra and Juhi Chawla. Family sentiment was high on demand in the next era while heroes with trending split personalities have seen the limelight during the past decades with Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan and Mammootty. Then came the ‘rowdy’ action hero stories in the next period – which in now also trending in Bollywood. So in the continuing trend-setting factor, at present, Kollywood is witnessing the remake of films into Tamil as well as the remake of Tamil films into several other regional films using the same starcast!
If we take a look at a list of 2011-12 films which have hit and are hitting the screens, almost all of them are the remake of hit films in other languages or adapted Tamil versions of other films. All the top heroes starting from Vijay, Suriya and Vikram are acting in one or another super hit film’s remake.
The main thing to be considered here is there is no language boundary for remake at all. The Tamil cinema is experiencing the biggest remake hunt this year with directors and producers quarrelling over the remake rights of latest blockbuster – ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ starring fan favourite Salman Khan. and this paved the way for rise in the price of the remake rights. Mostly the films that are getting remake in Tamil are just the carbon copy of original films, as any kind of serious changes in the script is not made. If the changes in the script are made like adding the taste of Tamil, will make the film run for more days at the box office. Now let’s take a look at the remake films that are released and are set to release.
Vijay, the ‘Remake King’ of Kollywood is again coming with ‘Velayudham’ which is the remake of Telugu Hit Film ‘Azad’. His Pongal release ‘Kaavalan’ too is the remake of Malayalam super hit film, ‘Body Guard’. Dhanush’s forthcoming film ‘Mappillai’ is the remake of his father-in-law’s famous film ‘Mappillai’ of 1980’s. Silambarasan’s ‘Vaanam’ which is gearing up for its release too is the recreated copy of Telugu hit ‘Vedam’. Coming to Thala Ajith his next film ‘Mankatha’ is the replica of Bollywood hit film ‘Race’. To conclude, Vikram’s his next venture ‘Pitha’ is inspired by Hollywood film ‘I am Sam’.
If we go back to the past, remakes are not new to Tamil as we have witnessed them many times, but the big puzzle now is that why is there a sudden increase in the number of remakes in the industry. It is happening due to the lack of gripping scripts, scarcity of either good writers or great stories.
The Tamil directors are opting for remakes and this has paved the way for the unexpected increase of remake films. Many new directors and actresses from the Tollywood, Bollywood and Mollywood film industry, have started targeting Kollywood.
Most of the popular Tamil stars are making a point to act in all south Indian languages whenever any opportunity comes their way. Because they are getting popular in other languages as well, and they are insisting in the remakes of popular films that are doing well at box offices in other respective regions. It definitely looks like 2012-13 will see a record number of remakes from other languages.
Just like most other filmy trends, this remake trend too will pass in coming times. Until then let’s enjoy the treat of several past and foreign blockbusters without any Indianized language barriers!
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