At a time when Bollywood is busy in the remake business, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who often openly shares his opinions, has now criticised the latest release Jersey. The film stars Shahid Kapoor and is an official remake of Nani starrer Telugu film.
Taking it to Twitter, he 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.”
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
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
He wrote further alongside a tag ‘#DeathOfRemakes’, “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 enormous money,time, effort and face.”
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
— 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
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
The filmmaker continued to lash at Bollywood, saying, “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”.
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
— 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
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
Movies like Pushpa, RRR and KGF: Chapter 2, released Pan-India in 5 languages, managed to take the box office by storm. “TELUGU and KANNADA films have INFECTED Hindi films like a COVID VIRUS..Hoping that BOLLYWOOD will soon come up with a VACCINE,” says RGV.
TELUGU and KANNADA films have INFECTED Hindi films like a COVID VIRUS..Hoping that BOLLYWOOD will soon come up with a VACCINE 💐
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) April 26, 2022
To the unversed, some of the upcoming Hindi remakes of South Indian movies are Ranveer Singh and director S Shankar have teamed up Anniyan (Tamil) for remake, The Great Indian Kitchen (Malayalam), Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu), Driving Licence (Malayalam), Vikram Vedha (Tamil), Soorarai Pottru (Tamil), Samantha’s U-Turn (Tamil, Telugu) and Ratsasan (Tamil).
