The Malayalam adaptation came out a little late by 5 years after the release of No Entry and went on to become a hit. Though the 2002 Tamil original starring Prabhu and Prabhu Deva was a sleeper hit, its 2005 Hindi Predecessor starring Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, and Bipasha Basu gained more popularity. Happy Husbands from No Entry/ Charlie Chaplin While Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi borrowed a few scenes from the original, Simhavalan Menon starring Jagadish was a closer adaptation to the Hindi original. There were two adaptations in Malayalam, With Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi helmed by Priyadarshan in 1986 and Simhavalan Menon directed by Viji Thampi in the year 1995. Veteran director K.Balachandran remade it in Tamil as Thillu Mullu starring Rajinikanth in 1981 (not to be confused with the 2013 version that starred Mirchi Shiva) and director Rohit Shetty made a rehashed adaptation Bol Bachan in 2012 starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, and Asin. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1979 classic that starred Amol Palekar, Utpal Dutt and Bindiya Goswami in the leads has been subjected to remakes and rehashes in several languages. For the people who haven’t seen the Tamil original, this might end up as a passable watch. The Malayalam version which starred Asif Ali, Nishan, Amala Paul, Vineeth Kumar, and Ananya( Who was also cast in the original) had ticked all the boxes from the remake checklist but missed out on bringing out the soul that the original had. The story is about a group of youngsters who put their lives at risk to help one of their friends elope and later face the aftermath of that incident was no else than a heist film. Directed by debutant Rajesh Kannankara the film was a remake of Samuthirakani’s Nadodigal which starred Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Bharani, Ananya, Abhinaya, and Ganja Karuppu. If there existed a rule on movies that cannot be remade then Ithu Nammude Katha would fall on the list of movies that breached this code. The film missed out on crucial aspects such as screenplay, music, casting, and the sheer dapperness that made its 1978 original a huge success. While the Tamil version Billa catapulted actor Rajinikanth to superstardom, the Malayalam version faltered even after being helmed by legendary director Sasikumar and a cast that included Madhavi, K.P.Ummer, and T.G.Ravi. Riding over the success of Rajavinte Makan which was released during the same year, Shobaraj featured Mohanlal being cast as yet another Don in distress. If John Jaffer Janardhan was a film that almost matched the scale of its Hindi Original then Shobaraj was a watered-down version of its Hindi original Don written by Salim-Javed.
Even the peppy track ‘ My name is Anthony Gonsalves ’ was rehashed as “ My name is John Vincent, Singing with your consent “. The roles of Amitabh Bachan, Rishi Kapoor, and Vinod Khanna were Re-enacted by Ratheesh, Ravindran, and Mammootty. Released in the year 2010 the plot was a rehashed version of a 2007 Hollywood film Butterfly on a wheel.Īmong this list was John Jaffer Janardhanan directed by I.V.Sasi and written by T.Damodaran which was a scene-by-scene remake of a 1977 classic directed by Manmohan Desai. Fahadh Faasil made a comeback reincarnating his avatar after his debut stint bombed and actor Jayasurya who was almost being typecast as “Dileep lite” surprised viewers by introducing the performer in him. Here is a list of 10 Malayalam films spanning across decades that were remakes of hits from other languages: Cocktail from Butterfly On A WheelĪpart from earning a sleeper hit status and being one of the predominant films in the list of new wave Malayalam cinema, the film also gave two of its stars to reinvent themselves.
Similar to other film industries Malayalam cinema also has its share of films that are inspired from other languages. From classics such as Avalude Ravukal which were remade as Kamala (Kannada) and Patita (Hindi) and Manichitrathazhu remade as Chandramukhi and Bhool Bhulaiya to the recent Mohanlal-starrer Drishyam Malayalam hits have been often subjected many successful remakes across India. From time over time Malayalam films have been remade into other languages.
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