Salman Khan’s South Remakes: Top 10

Remaking successful South Indian Hit Masala movies in Hindi has emerged as the easiest formula to huge box office openings and a safe bet for getting the best return on investment these days. The whole idea of remaking a script allows for the story to be adapted into a larger setting and the movie to be marketed to a newer audience.

The super success of Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’ in 2008 triggered an unseen trend of remakes and Salman Khan’s ‘Wanted’ in 2009 further consolidated it.

But the fact is that the influence of South Indian Cinema on Bollywood and vice-versa had always been there. It is only now, largely due to the media, that we are seeing official remakes where makers are openly acknowledging the source of the story.

Salman is probably the most successful Bollywood star today in remaking South Indian movies. Here is the list of 10 best remakes done by Salman Khan in the order of their prominence in his career.

Salman Khan Tere Naam - Wanted

Salman Khan Tere Naam – Wanted

Wanted: This is the movie which is largely responsible for the current euphoria of Masala Action movies in Bollywood. It brought Salman Khan back in the top league and most importantly revived the single-screen theatres in many parts of the country. Wanted is a remake of Telugu blockbuster movie ‘Pokiri’ directed by Puri Jagannath starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana D’ Cruz. Before directing the Hindi version, Prabhu Deva remade the movie in Tamil with Vijay and Asin.

Tere Naam: Arguably his best performance, Tere Naam revived Salman’s career in a big way in 2003. Directed by Satish Kaushik, it is a remake of Tamil film ‘Sethu’ featuring Vikram in the lead. Bhoomika Chawla made her Bollywood debut with this film, which boasts of a memorable soundtrack composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

Biwi No 1: Directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Biwi No 1 is a remake of 1995 Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi featuring Kamal Hassan, Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana and Heera. Apparently, Kamal Hassan’s role was portrayed by Anil Kapoor in the Hindi version. Released during the Cricket World Cup in 1999, Biwi No 1 became the highest grosser of the year.

Judwaa: Another David Dhawan comedy, ‘Judwaa’ silenced Salman’s critics in 1997 as it emerged as one the biggest hits of the year. It featured Khan in a double role for the first and only time in his illustrious career. Judwaa is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Hello Brother’ featuring Nagarjuna, Ramya and Soundarya. The Telugu movie itself was inspired from the Jackie Chan’s action comedy ‘Twin Dragons’.

Bodyguard: This action romantic movie directed by Siddique is the third remake of the director’s own 2010 Malayalam flick of the same name starring Dileep and Nayantara, the second being 2011 Tamil film Kaavalan featuring Vijay and Asin. Kareena Kapoor was paired opposite Salman and Bodyguard went on to be the biggest grosser of 2011 and broke numerous records.

Ready: Starring Salman and Asin, it is the 4th remake of 2008 Telugu movie ‘Ready’ featuring Ram and Genelia D’ Souza. Before the Hindi version, the film was remade in Kannada as ‘Raam’ by Punith Rajkumar and then in Tamil as ‘Uthama Puthiran’ starring Dhanush and Genelia D’Souza. The hindi version was directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by T-Series, ‘Ready’ became the second biggest grosser of 2011.

No Entry: Although Anees Bazmee’s No Entry is the biggest hit of 2006 and one of the funniest comedies in recent times, it is down in this list as Salman is not the main lead in the movie. Also starring Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley, No Entry is the remake of 2002 Tamil Film ‘Charlie Chaplin’ starring Prabhudeva and Prabhu Ganeshan. The Tamil film’s commercial success led to remakes into Telugu (Pellam Oorelithe), Kannada (Kalla Malla Sulla) and Malayalam (Happy Husbands).

Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega: Inspired from 1995 Hollywood Film ‘While You were Sleeping’, Priyadarshan directed 1997 Malayalam blockbuster ‘Chandralekha’ featuring Mohanlal. Next year the movie was remade into Telugu by Krishna Vamsi with the same name starring Nagarjuna, Ramya and Isha Koppikar. Two years later, producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Raj Kanwar combined together and ‘Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega’ was made with Salman Khan, Rani Mukherji and Preity Zinta. Shahrukh Khan made a special appearance. The film was a moderate success at the ticket window.

Kyonki: This Priyadarshan’s movie is a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Thalavattam directed by Priyadarshan himself. Featuring Salman, Kareena and Rimi Sen ; ‘Kyonki’ was appreciated for Salman’s sensitive performance but the movie failed at the box office.

Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam: Starring Shahrukh, Salman and Madhuri Dixit, ‘Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam’ is the remake of Tamil movie ‘Thotta Chinungi’ by the same director K.S.Adhiyaman. The Tamil movie featured Karthik, Raghuvaran and Revathi in the lead. The movie took 5 years to make and was finally released in 2002 to an average response.

It comes as no surprise that Salman’s next two releases ‘Mental’ and ‘Kick’ are also South remakes. While ‘Mental’ is a remake of Telugu movie ‘Stalin’ starring Chiranjeevi ; ‘Kick’ is a remake of Telugu movie of the same name featuring Ravi Teja.

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  • @navin….seriously..u r behaving like a child…if u din’t get anything significant, then u start barking that how many guys welcomed me nd how many din’t….so listen with ur blocked ears u moron that i am nt bothering abt such cheap things…i m not commenting here to gt welcomed by everyone nor i am worried that how many get ecstatic with my come back…
    but for one thing , i m sure that guys like u have lost ur mind with my come back..thats y u r behaving like my “P.A.”, who keeps track of all my comments and who also calculates, that how many guys are pleased with my comments and how many get offended…
    grow up my child…….!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ha ha
    first of all wellcome #x zone
    good say danish….
    Even in clash JTHJ cross 250 cr.

    And forget overseas
    60 cr. Is dream to Crapstar Salman
    lol!

  • #hrithik

    orginal script : i can’t remember
    south remake : lol! What can crapstar do without this
    Class acting : ROFL! Biggest joke in the century
    Entertainer : Only Salfans thinks!
    All world knows he is ‘ghanta’ entertaining

  • @xzone lol
    Oh so you dont care yeah? Must have been some other buffoon calling himself ‘xzone’ thanking raging mad radha and torn shorts wearing john cena boytoy fan…! :-P
    Listen jerkface- you better smarten up coz in your absence many many morons have come with garbage like comments but some make some occasional funny commemts. We like banter but you- you were and still are talking in caveman style mannerisms. Proof of the pudding is how ‘IMAM’ has come out of his cave in the Afghan Mountains and has risked US Air Strikes by welcoming you back with open arms…! :-p
    You still suck but from now on get in line after ‘Damn…!…’, ‘soroop’ and ‘remotecontrol’ whose comments actually deserve some form of response/ reprimand. You deserve ‘nothing’ but utter pity from everyone here on the basis that your free stay in a Mental Asylum yielded no positive results you asswipe…! :-P
    PS Go mumbai go- top 4 down n out.

  • @IMAM : Only a stupid like you thinks like that, now u will say Salman paid money and made 5 movies BBs in a row. If they are not entertaining then how the hell his movies becoming BB n ur demented king movies are sinking day by day. Be happy with overseas, everyone knows who rules in India n worldwide i.e AK n SK. Srk, who is that?

  • Nice Indicine! Can we get a list of Aamir Khan’s top 10 Hollywood remakes (official and unofficial)?

    Thanks for informative articles.

  • @mohit

    Ok read and re read the first sentence and you are talking sense.
    I saw words like ‘successful’, ‘hit’ and ‘huge box office earnings’ and all these words are associated with Salman Bhai these days…! ;-)

    Thanks for reiterating this momentous point you 1 in a million genius like smeagolite…! ;-)

  • @aki thnxXxxx

    Great day yday, xzones return yielded no positive response from KKR and Smeagol Rukh Khan was outshone by Riteish at the music launch of YPD 2…!

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  • chk in the net if im right o wrong
    original of no entry the one was a disaster
    original of tere naam was flop
    original of bodyguard was a typical Vijay style movie, movie was on comedian VADIVELU’s shoulders
    original of ready was a average too, it was on the comedian VIVEK’s shoulders
    thrs a lot to say about these originals
    cz I watched tamil movies

    NOTE THIS

    BUYING A MOVIE TICKET OF A REMAKE MOVIE, IT COMES WITH A PACKADGE –
    YOU KNOW THE STORY, YOU KNOW THE HIGHLIGHTS & CLIMAX
    BUT STILL YOU GO AND WATCH THE COPIED VERSION AND WHEN YOU COME OUT YOU ARE ENTERTAIND AND YOU GOT MORE N MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL THAT IS THE VICTORY OF ITS REMAKE.. AND I WOULD SAY REMAKE IS A BIG RISK THAN AORIGINAL MOVIE
    COZ KNOW ONE KNOWS THE ORIGINAL BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THE REMAKE B4 WATCHING

    SALMAN KHAN IS FEARLESS TO TAKE THIS RISK
    HE IS FEARLESS & A LIVING LEGEND..!

  • Shame on bollywood !…………remaking south indian movies !…………i think they are remaking malayalam movies more than any other south indian movies !…………..That shows he quality of malayalam films!!jai malayalam ……………….!

  • whatever it is remake movie r also done in south industry so,it is the seen of give & take policy.Jai Hind

  • Actually south story and bollywood castind this shud be happen becos who like souths actors bt i like there stories… Bollywood has handsome actors..

  • Fuck you guys who love remake movies…if all actors going to do work in remake movies we all viewers have to watch movies which already in make by other before..

  • In that case mahesh babu is father of salman….who gave him movie POKHIRI for remake and attitude…..when he was giving flop after flop……WANTED Ready Boduguard….jai ho…kick….his old movies….and now PRDP…have u seen nagarjuna’s KING NO.1 then see PRDP trailer……

  • Unofficial Remakes Of Shahrukh khan :

    1. Baadshah = Nick Of Time, The Mask, Rush Hour, Mr. Nice Guy

    2. Bazigar(Sharukh Khan)=A kiss before dying(1991; starring Sean Young).

    3. chak de india = mighty ducks, miracle on ice(1981)

    4. mohabbatein – absolution, Dead Poets Society 1989

    5. MAIN HOON NA = NEVER BEEN KISSED* , Toy Soldiers (1991 film), Hiding Out (1987), fight back to school(1991) Main ho na fighting sequence from scorpion versus johnny(cage)

    6. CHALTE CHALTE = FORGET PARIS*, fools rush in(1997)

    7. KING UNCLE = ANNIE
    8. KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI = SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, grease(1st half clg stuf) & sleepless in SEATTLE (2nd half)

    9. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna = Closer, Divorce American Style (1967), Brief Encounter (1945),

    10. Chamatkar 1992 = Blackbeard’s Ghost 1968

    11. dil to pagal hai = annie hall(1997), 42nd Street (film)

    12. josh = west side story(1961)

    13. kal ho na ho = my life without me(2003)

    14. swades = chigurida kanasu(2003, kannada)

    15. yes boss = for love or money(1993)

    16. Heyy Babyy 2007 = Three Men and a Baby 1987

    17. I See You 2006 = Just Like Heaven 2005

    18. MNIK = ADAM Released 2009, Remake of Rain Man (1988), Forest Gump (1994).

    19. OSO = Remake of Madhumati and Karz

    20. DDLJ = The Sure Thing (1985), The scene where Himani Shivpuri is purchasing a saree and Shahrukh helps her decide from the window is copied from Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

    21. Dulha Mil Gaya = Remake of My Fair Lady (1964), Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977), Naseeb Apna Apna (1986)

    22. Duplicate = Remake of The Whole Town’s Talking (1935) and Desperado (1995 — Gunfight in bar, is exactly the same).

    23. Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam = Remake of K.S. Adiyaman’s Tamil hit Thotta Chinungi (1995).

    24. Koyla (1997) = Remake of Revenge (1990)

    25. Krazzy 4 = Remake of The Dream Team (1989).

    26. One 2 Ka 4 = Remake of One Good Cop (1991).

    27. Raam-Jaane = Remake of Angels With Dirty Faces (1938).

    28. Paheli = Nagamandala (Kannada) 1997.

    29. BHOOTHNATH = The Canterville Ghost 1944

    30. Sathiya = Alaipayuthey (2000)

    31. SHAKTI = Telugu film “Antahpuram” 1999.

    32. PHIR BHI DIL HAI HINDUSTANI = the front page 1974, broadcast news 1987.

    33. DARR = cape fear 1991.

    34. Ra.One = Iron Man, Robots, X-Men, The Dark Knight

    35. Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam — Thotta Chinungi (tamil)

  • Hey guys I want to tell something very important if you follow salman whatever he is you are lost so plz take my advice ok

  • Actually the original version of Kyon Ki is Hollywood 1975’s movies titled One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. So Thalavattam is remake of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

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