Sunday 4 March 2012

Remakes in Bollywood.

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.


YearFilmBeneficiariesCredit due
2011 Force Directed by Nishikanth Kamath, starring John Abraham.
A remake of Kakka Kakka (Tamil, 2003) written and directed by Gautham Menon.
2011 
Murder 2
Written by Shagufta Rafique, directed by Mohit Suri, produced by Mukesh Bhatt, and starring Imran Hashmi.
The Chaser (South Korea, 2008) directed by Na Hong-jin.
2011 
Ready
Directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Salman Khan. 
Remake of Ready (Telugu, 2008) directed by Sreenu Vaitla.
2011 
Game
Directed by Abhinay Deo, starring Abhishek Bachchan.
The Bourne Identity (USA, 2002).
2009ShortkutNeeraj 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.
2009Luck
Written and directed by Soham Shah, starring Imran Khan, Shruti Haasan, and Sanjay Dutt.
Intacto (Spanish, 2002).
2008Ghajini (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
Directed by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry, starring Emraan Hashmi.
Uncredited remake of Derailed (USA, 2005).
2007Bheja 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.
2006The KillerDirected by Hasnain Hyderabadwala and Raksha Mistry, starring Emraan Hashmi and Irrfan Khan.A screen-to-screen remake of Collateral (USA, 2004).
2006Malamaal WeeklyWritten and directed by Priyadarshanstarring Paresh Rawal and Om Puri.Waking Ned (1998).
2006Taxi No 9211Directed by Milan Luthriam, produced by Ramesh Sippy, starring John Abraham and Nana Patekar.Changing Lanes (USA, 2002) directed by Roger Michell.
2005No EntryDirected 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.
2005Bluffmaster 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.
2000 
Bichhoo (बिछू)
Directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Bobby Deol.An uncredited screen-to-screen remake of Leon (1994) by Luc Besson.
1998Pyar 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.

This list is growing, but incomplete.