Many of the successful films in Hindi were in-fact screen-to-screen remakes, mostly from English, and sometimes from other Indian languages. This is a list of remakes in Hindi cinema.
This list is growing, but incomplete.
Year | Film | Beneficiaries | Credit due |
2011 | Force | Directed by Nishikanth Kamath, starring John Abraham. |
A remake of Kakka Kakka (Tamil, 2003) written and directed by Gautham Menon.
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2011 |
Murder 2
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Written by Shagufta Rafique, directed by Mohit Suri, produced by Mukesh Bhatt, and starring Imran Hashmi.
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The Chaser (South Korea, 2008) directed by Na Hong-jin.
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2011
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Ready
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Directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan.
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Remake of Ready (Telugu, 2008) directed by Sreenu Vaitla.
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2011
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Game
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Directed by Abhinay Deo, starring Abhishek Bachchan.
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The Bourne Identity (USA, 2002).
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2009 | Shortkut | Neeraj Vora (director), Anil Kapoor (producer), Akshay Khanna (lead actor), Arshad Warsi (lead actor). |
An uncredited remake of Udayananu Tharam (Malayalam, 2005), directed by Roshan Andrews, and written by Sreenivasan. Climax of both films is an adaptation from Bowfinger (USA, 1999) directed by Frank Oz, and written
by Steve Martin.
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2009 | Luck |
Written and directed by Soham Shah, starring Imran Khan, Shruti Haasan, and Sanjay Dutt.
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Intacto (Spanish, 2002).
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2008 | Ghajini (गजनी) | A. R. Murugadoss (screenplay and direction), produced by Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena, Amir Khan (lead actor). | Official remake of Ghajini (Tamil, 2005) written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss. But the plot is in-fact a merger of two main plots from Memento (2000) by Christopher Nolan, and Happy Go Lovely (UK, 1951). |
2007 | The Train | Uncredited remake of Derailed (USA, 2005). | |
2007 | Bheja Fry (भेजा फ्राय) | Directed by Sagar Ballary, produced by Sunil Doshi, starring Rajat Kapoor and Vinay Pathak. | Le Diner de Cons (French, 1998) written by Francis Veber. |
2006 | The Killer | Directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry, starring Emraan Hashmi and Irrfan Khan. | A screen-to-screen remake of Collateral (USA, 2004). |
2006 | Malamaal Weekly | Written and directed by Priyadarshan, starring Paresh Rawal and Om Puri. | Waking Ned (1998). |
2006 | Taxi No 9211 | Directed by Milan Luthriam, produced by Ramesh Sippy, starring John Abraham and Nana Patekar. | Changing Lanes (USA, 2002) directed by Roger Michell. |
2005 | No Entry | Directed by Anees Bazmee, produced by Boney Kapoor, starring Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, and Fardeen Khan. | Remake of Charlie Chaplin (Tamil, 2002) directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. |
2005 | Bluffmaster | Directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Abhishek Bachchan, and Ritesh Deshmukh. | Nine Queens (Argentina, 2000) written by Fabian Bielinsky. |
2005 |
Sarkar (सरकार)
| Ram Gopal Varma (director), Amitabh Bachchan (lead actor), Abhishek Bachchan (lead actor). |
One of the numerous adaptations of Mario Puzo's celebrated 1969 English novel, The Godfather.
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2000 |
Bichhoo (बिछू)
| Directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Bobby Deol. | An uncredited screen-to-screen remake of Leon (1994) by Luc Besson. |
1998 | Pyar To Hona Hi Tha (प्यार तो होना ही था) | Anees Bazmee (screenplay, direction), Ajay Devgan (lead actor). |
Almost a screen-to-screen remake of French Kiss (USA, 1995) written by Adam Brooks, and directed by Lawrence Kasdan.
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This list is growing, but incomplete.