Ram Gopal Varma Slams ¡®Jersey,¡¯ Says Dubbed Movies Are Better Than Bollywood Remakes Of South Films
In a series of tweets, he shared how 'Jersey' starring actors Shahid Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, and Pankaj Kapur, not doing well at the box office is a waste of time and effort money.
Bollywood has always been fascinated with the idea of remaking films from the South. Currently, there are over 15 South Indian films that are in different stages of being remade in Bollywood. However, the statistics also hint that not every movie released recently could draw viewers' attention.
Many, including Akshay Kumar's Laxmii and Shahid Kapoor's last release Jersey, prove that it's not easy to remake a film and win hearts.
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Pointing out the failure of remakes, Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma took to Twitter to throw the spotlight on the 'death of remakes.'
In a series of tweets, he shared how 'Jersey' starring actors Shahid Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur, and Pankaj Kapur, not doing well at the box office is a waste of 'time, efforts, and money.
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Sharing his two cents on remakes, RGV wrote:
The DISASTROUS fate of JERSEY film in Hindi signals the DEATH of REMAKES for the simple reason it has been proved multiple times that dubbed films like #Pushpa #RRR #KGF2 are doing far better than originals ,if the content is good #DeathOfRemakes
¡ª Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
"The DISASTROUS fate of JERSEY film in Hindi signals the DEATH of REMAKES for the simple reason it has been proved multiple times that dubbed films like #Pushpa #RRR #KGF2 are doing far better than originals if the content is good #DeathOfRemakes (sic)."
He added,
If Nani ¡®s original JERSEY from Telugu was dubbed and released it would have costed the producers just 10 lakhs whereas the remake in Hindi costed 100 cr resulting in losing enoromous money ,time, effort and face #DeathOfRemakes
¡ª Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
"If Nani ¡®s original JERSEY from Telugu were dubbed and released, it would have cost the producers just ten lakhs whereas the remake in Hindi cost 100 cr resulting in losing enormous money, time, effort, and face (sic)."
RGV also mentioned how dubbed films had done massively well compared to remakes. He wrote,
After the monstrous successes of dubbed films like #Pushpa , #RRR and #KGF2 , no south film with good content will be sold for remake rights as even both the content and regional stars are being liked by the Hindi audiences #DeathOfRemakes
¡ª Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
¡°After the monstrous successes of dubbed films like #Pushpa, #RRR and #KGF2, no south film with good content will be sold for remake rights as even both the content and regional stars are being liked by the Hindi audiences #DeathOfRemakes (sic).¡±
He concluded his rant by sharing:
Bollywood will be now getting ducked from both front and back as they neither seem to know how to make superhits nor can they hope to survive on remaking south films because nobody will sell them REMAKE rights #DeathOfRemakes
¡ª Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
Moral of the story is it¡¯s smart to release dubbed films instead of remaking them because it¡¯s obvious that the audiences are ok with any face or any subject from anywhere as long as it interests them #DeathOfRemakes
¡ª Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
Amid the sea of remakes that are under pipeline is 'The Great Indian Kitchen.' The Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Jeo Baby is being remade in Bollywood.
The film tells the story of a newlywed woman who struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be. Actress Sanya Malhotra has teamed up with creator-producer Harman Baweja, for the Hindi remake of the critically-acclaimed movie.
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