Akshay Kumar's Khel Khel Mein is 4th Indian remake and 28th global adaptation of this Italian film
Do you know Italian movie Perfetti Sconosciuti (also called?Perfect Strangers) has been remade 27 times before? It holds the Guinness World Record for having the most number of official remakes in different languages including Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Egyptian, and Indonesian. In fact, it has been remade in India thrice, and Akshay Kumar's upcoming film?Khel Khel Mein, all set to be released on Independence Day, is the fourth Indian remake of the movie.?
Akshay Kumar's Khel Khel Mein is 28th remake of Perfect Strangers
The film which was originally released in 2016 starred?Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher and Kasia Smutniak. In the same year, it was remade in Greece. In 2017, Spain also made a movie directed by ?lex de la Iglesia. In 2018, it was remade in?Turkey, India,?France, South Korea, Hungary, Mexico and China. In 2019,?Russia,?Armenia, Poland, and Germany also adopted it. In 2020 and 2021, Vietnam,?Japan, Czech Republic, Romania, Netherlands and Israel also made a movie in their languages inspired by the film's story. In 2022, Egypt, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Norway, Indonesia, Azerbaijan and India also adapted the film's story, which Paolo Genovese has written. In 2023, Iceland made a remake followed by?Denmark's remake.?
4th Indian remake
Interestingly, Perfetti Sconosciuti has been remade in India thrice before - first in Kannada (Loudspeaker), then twice in Malayalam languages (12th Man and?1001 Nunakal).?Khel Khel Mein is the fourth Indian remake of the movie.?
What is Perfect Strangers about?
Wondering what the film that piqued the interest of so many filmmakers is about? The movie's plot revolves around seven long time friends who meet at a dinner party and play an unusual game - they have to keep their phones unlocked and read all the messages/e-mails/notifications they get aloud. What happened next? There are a lot of?unexpected revelations which eventually strains their relationships and friendships.
Khel Khel Mein, which is the 28th remake of the Italian movie, stars?Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Ammy Virk, Pragya Jaiswal, and Aditya Seal. Directed by?Mudassar Aziz, the man who wrote?Aashiq Banaya Aapne and also directed movies like?Happy Bhag Jayegi,?Pati Patni Aur Woh and Double XL among others, the film is releasing on August 15.?
No English remake yet
Interestingly, the film has been remade 28 times. However, it has not been made in the English language yet.?In 2017, The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to make an English remake. However, things didn't go as smoothly as one would have imagined. The Weinstein Company went bankrupt and was acquired by Lantern Entertainment. Two years later in 2019, it was announced that Issa Rae would write, star in, and produce the US remake with Spyglass Media Group, a subsidiary of Lantern Entertainment. Four years later in 2023, producer Tarak Ben Ammar brought a new twist to the tale as he revealed that his Eagle Pictures will work on the remake with Italian filmmaker Carlo Carlei.
If you want to watch the original film by?Paolo Genovese, it's available on Amazon Prime Video.?
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