SRK wants Ghajini director to write a original script, no remakes

Shahrukh Khan, who was in Chennai last weekend for the VijayTV Awards, was offered a remake of a very successful south film by Ghajini director A.R. Murugadoss.

While SRK was keen on working with Murugadoss, he was against the idea of remakes and asked the director to write a original script.

Times Of India quoted the star as saying “When my friend Murugadoss tells me that there’s this hit film he’s made and he wants to remake it with me, I say, ‘Why don’t you write one for me? The worse that can happen is that it’ll go wrong. But that’s OK; we’d have tried something original’

A source close to the actor tells us “It’s been hard for filmmakers to convince Shahrukh to sign a remake. He has received several offers from top directors like A R Murugadoss and Prabhu Deva, but SRK is against the idea of remaking a successful south film. He believes there is no creative satisfaction from scene-to-scene remakes. If there is a original script, he is more than willing to consider their offer.”

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  • ya, there are enough remakes. and the only film which is better than it’s original was salman’s ready.

  • Srk has no problem in working in Bollywood remakes like “Devdas”,”Don” etc and many Hollywood remakes and copied scenes but he don’t want to work in South remake is surprising.The reason must be the tough action in South movies.lol

  • Srk is talking of originality now but in his whole career he has worked back to back in almost same kind of romantic movies with YRF and Dharma productions.lol

  • Yes,remakes are the sign of copying 1 movie script. . . . . .all directors should focus on their own original scripts so that peoplet will get nice movies like 3 idiots,veer zara,rab ne bana di jodi. . . . .even i am nt a fan of srk

  • With the time going on, my respect is getting bigger and bigger towards SRK.Well said KING, you make me each time feeling proud…!!!
    If we consider about history, he worked only in two remakes, first is the great Dileep ji’s DEVDAS and second is, Sehanshah’s DON. And each time, he did a proper justice with concerned characters.This is the reason, when SLB or Farhan looked forward for star cast , they find only SRK , who is capable of doing those remarkable roles.
    As far as remakes and profit making is concerned, he would have earned a lot.He din’t need to work in movies like Ra-one, JTHJ,but he worked.Because sometimes personal emotions and feelings are more important than this profit making business.

  • Oh ya , he does n want work in remakes , then why he did so many unofficial remakes in the past n official remakes..please answer ?

    South remakes –

    1)Billu (2009)-Kadha Parayumbol [2007] Malayalam,Kuselan [2008] Tamil,Kathanayakudu [2008]

    2)Paheli(2005)-Nagamandala [1997] Kannada

    3)Swades (2004)-Chigurida Kanasu [2003] Kannada

    4)shakthi: The Power (2002) – Anthapuram [1998] Telugu,Anthapuram [1999] Tamil
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    Unofficial Remakes Of ShahRukh Khan –

    1)Bazigar(1993)
    Inspired by:-A Kiss Before Dying (1991)

    2)Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge(1995)(DDLJ)
    Inspired by:-The Sure Thing (1985)

    3)Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(1998)
    Inspired By:-Sleepless in Seattle(1993),Grease(1978)

    4)Chamatkar (1992)
    Inspired By :- Blackbeard’s Ghost 1968

    5)Josh(2000)
    Inspired By:-:-West Side Story(1961)

    6)Dil Toh Pagal Hai(1997)
    Inspired By:-42nd Street(1933)

    7)Mohabbatein(2000)
    Inspired By:- Dead Poets Society(1989)

    8)Chalte Chalte(2003)
    Inspired By:-Fools Rush In (1997),Forget Paris(1995)

    9)Swades(2004)
    Inspired By:-Chigurida Kanasu(2003,Kannada)

    10)Yes Boss(1997)
    Inspired BY :- For Love or Money (1993)

    11)Duplicate(1998)
    Inspired By:-The Whole Town’s Talking(1935)

    12)Baadshah(1999)
    Inspired By:-Nick Of Time(1995),If Looks Could Kill(1991),Rush Hour(1998)

    13)Paheli(2005)
    Inspired By:- Duvidha(1973,Hindi)

    14)King Uncle(1993)
    Inspired By:-Annie(1982)

    15)Koyla(1997)
    Inspired By:-Revenge(1990)

    16)One 2 Ka 4(2001)
    Inspired By:-One Good Cop(1991)

    17)Ram Janne(1995)
    Inspire By:-Angels With Dirty Faces(1938)

    18)Darr(1993)
    Inspired By:-Cape Fear(1991)

    19)Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
    Inspired By:-The Front Page(1931,1974),The Broadcast News(1987)

    20)Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna(2006)
    Inspired By:-Closer(2004),Divorce American Style(1967),Brief Encounter(1945)

    21)Kal Ho Naa Ho(2003)
    Inspired By:-My Life Without Me(2003,Spanish/Canadian) based on the book “Pretending the Bed Is a Raft” by Nanci Kincaid
    Now this is a special case considering the fact the Original Film released in limited theaters(US release) on September 26,2003(Check Rotten Tomatoes) just 2 months before the release of Kal Ho Na Ho(Nov 28,2003) but it is clearly mentioned only on IMDB that it had its first release in Spain on 7th March,2003 and it has been to various festivals whose premier dates have not been mentioned anywhere.This is just to clarify the false release date information on the Wikipedia which shows December17,2003

    22)Chak De India(2007)
    Inspired By:-Miracle On Ice(TV Movie,1981),Believe in Me (2006),Remember the Titans (2000),
    Miracle(2004;The 2 famous dialgoues of Chak De India:“Sattar Min Hai Tumhare Pass“ and “Tu sab apne desh ke liye khelte ho“ are lifted from this movie along with other stuffs copied from this film)

    23)Om Shanti Om(2007)
    Inspired By:-Karz(1980),Madhumati(1958) and it was plagiarised from a Script by Ajay Monga(Corporate,Fashion)
    http://www.humsurfer.com/shah-rukh-farah-sued-writer-claims-srk-stole-his-script-for-om-shanti-om
    http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=19&contentid=200811222008112204184051347fa014d&sectxslt=&pageno=3

    24)Main Hoon Na(2004)
    Inspired By:-Fight Back to School(1991,Chinese),Never Been Kissed(1999),Toy Soldiers(1991)

    25)My Name is Khan(2010)
    Inspred By:-Forrest Gump(1994),Adam(2009,Irish)

    26)Maya Memsaab(1993)
    Inspired By:- Madame Bovary(1991)

    27) don2 (2012 )
    Inspired By:- Reservoir Dogs , A team , ocean 11 n ocean 12

    28) raone (2012 )
    Inspired By:- Iron Man, Robots, X-Men, The Dark Knight

    ——————————————————————————————————————–

    Official Remakes :

    1. Devdas

    2. Don

    3. Billu barber

  • now that makes the difference between salman khan and the real King Khan.thats why he is called the Baadshah!u r great dude!keep it up

  • totally fake news
    murugdoss directed movies in south.

    1.ramana; akshay is doing it with the name of gabbar.
    2.gajni; murugdoss directed himself with aamir with same name.
    3.stalin; salman is doing in sohail direction with the name of mental.
    4 7thsense;it was a flop movie,srks personolity wont suit for that charector.if srk do it ,it will be another ashoka.
    5.thupakki; murugdoss is directing himself with akshay.

    then what is the movie murudoss asked srk to work.
    there is no news about srk in indicine.from past 3 to 4 days.thats why posted this.

  • SRK: Lets try something original…

    Sallu: I will do only remakes…making original movies is too risky….if it flops I will lose all my 4 yr old illiterate fans!!

  • OOPS….as par as news of TOI, 200 salman fans have got severe attacks…..135 are struggling with itching nd 315 were living with emesia…..poor salman fans..plz god save them…
    so that is called the difference between a note machine and a quality actor….everyone can print a bundle of notes by working into b – grade south remakes, but he can’t fall in the category of great srk, aamir, hritik….

    @salman khan fan….ur list is too short…it requires more work…so plz work on it nd complete it…then bother to post at indicne…

  • Smeagol is against remaking successful southern films because he is more interested in ruining the legendary stature of classical films like Devdas and Don with his overbearing irritating attempts at overcomplicating classic scene by scene with unnecessary gibberish…!

    The man really does know how to take a classic and turn it on its head and ruin the legendary status of the original in the same process…!

  • looks like salman fans know more about srk than salman….this shows who is bigger…

  • Not every tom dick harry can act in scene to scene remake. Its very difficult to copy actors expressions, only salman can do it. MIND IT

  • South Remakes are done without changes then why don’t salman only do those portion of lead actor in the movie and ask others to dub in hindi?. It would save money, time, and energy, isn’t it good Idea?. Hope salman listen to this and give me some reward for this idea.

  • Be it a Remake or Original, audience just wants entertainment, entertainment and entertainment.

  • @king: talking many time he(Farhan)want to take as a lead actor to salman but nothing finalize due to script and many other issue in many interview he told this to media.

  • come on srk always try 2 bring salman down ur stupid comments….how many of ur films are original man.?

  • sharukh has done 2south remakes 1)swades – remake of kannada film chigurida manasu 2)paheli-remake of kannada film nagamandala.

  • Sharukh Khan — Global Superstar ( Strong fan following, whether in North India, South India and Overseas)
    Strength : Romantic image , Weakness : macho image
    Salman Khan — North Indian Superstar (Huge following in North India but weak in south India and Overseas) Strength : south masala movie remakes , Weakness : fear in experimenting & special talent to Convert tragic scenes to comic one and quality films in to crap
    Aamir Khan — Quality Superstar ( Descent fan following all across india and only superstar whose films guarantee quality ) Strength : Script selection, Weakness : Jealousy over contemporaries
    Akshay Kumar — Quantity Superstar ( Most over rated superstar. His strength is Quantity, its like 5 or 6 lottery films/year in that any of that will click for him. His weakness : Khiladi movies and Shirish kunder )
    Hrithik Roshan — Born Superstar ( Most under rated superstar).The only star who can threaten 3 big khans position. His strength is he have every quality a superstar shud possess whether it’s dance, acting or looks ), weakness : movies without his father’s spoon feed
    Rambhir Kapoor — Mini Superstar ( strong fan following among mutiplex audience but weak elsewhere)
    strength : female fans, weakness : male fans

  • Those who are barking against salman, let me remind them about ETT n Dabangg or let me ask whether these morons wrote those 2 scripts. One is ATBB n another is Highest grosser of the year. The bottom line is how much audience like or love to see him which Salman has proved numerous times.

  • @xzone : srk is trying to spread negativity about Salman but that is not gonna affect Salman a bit. Where were u when srk was continously doing boring romantic movies whereas Salman did an off beat movie like Phir Milenge? About TOI, be ready for big news during CE release, the same thing gonna happen to u n ur mates after watching CE.