Akshay Kumar Remake Movies: The trend of remaking South films in Bollywood is quite old. But these days the trend of remakes has increased a lot. Remakes of many superhit South films have been made in Bollywood, which got tremendous success at the box office. These films include films like ‘Kabir Singh’, ‘Ghajini’, ‘Singham’, ‘Wanted’ and ‘Saawariya’. But whenever it comes to remakes of South films and Bollywood superstars, everyone’s attention goes to Ajay Devgan and his blockbuster franchise ‘Drishyam’. Ajay Devgan has made a lot of money at the box office by making the Hindi remake of Mohanlal’s Malayalam ‘Drishyam’. But there is another big player of Bollywood who has rained money at the box office with the remakes of the films of the Godfather of Malayalam cinema i.e. Mohanlal and that is Akshay Kumar. Khiladi is the Hindi remake of Akshay Kumar’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Garam Masala’ and ‘Khatta Meetha’ Mohanlal’s films.
Not only Ajay Devgan, but Akshay Kumar Bollywood has always taken advantage of Mohanlal’s excellent stories and acting. The makers have gained crores of rupees by making the remake of South and in such a situation it would not be wrong to call Mohanlal the lucky charm of Bollywood. While Mohanlal’s ‘Drishyam’ increased the popularity of Ajay Devgan, it also helped in giving a cult film to Akshay Kumar. Let’s take a look at those films of Akshay Kumar which are remakes of popular films of Malayalam superstar.
Akshay Kumar’s remake connection
Many superhit films of Akshay Kumar are remakes of Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s films. These four films include ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, ‘Khatta Meetha’ and ‘Garam Masala’. All these three films have been directed by Priyadarshan. Hindi remakes of Mohanlal’s films, out of these movies, 2 were hits at the box office and one was average, let us know about these films in detail.
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Akshay Kumar’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, released in 2007, was directed by Priyadarshan. This film is a remake of Mohanlal’s 1993 iconic Malayalam film ‘Manichitrathazhu’, which was directed by Fazil. ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ is counted among Akshay Kumar’s big films and has a cult status. ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ was a superhit at the box office.
- Budget – 32 crores
- Collection – 82.35 crores
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Akshay Kumar and John Abraham’s comedy film ‘Garam Masala’, released in 2005, is the Hindi remake of Mohanlal’s 1985 film ‘Boeing Boeing’. The interesting thing is that both the films ‘Garam Masala’ and ‘Boing Boeing’ were directed by Priyadarshan. Akshay Kumar’s ‘Garam Masala’ proved to be a hit at the box office.
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- Budget – 17 crores
- Collection – 54.66 crores
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Akshay Kumar and Trisha starrer film ‘Khatta Meetha’, released in 2010, is the Hindi remake of Mohanlal’s 1999 film Vellanakalude Nadu. The special thing is that both these films were also directed by Mohanlal. Akshay Kumar’s ‘Khatta Meetha’ was average at the box office.
- Budget – 35 crores
- Collection – 62.80 crores
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