Topic started by Narayanan (@ umd84-75.d.umn.edu) on Sun Oct 14 20:17:47 .
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What do you think about Priyadarshan's remakes of malayalam movies into Hindi. I personally didn't like any of his remakes as much as the original version. Comapre the hindi version of Kilukum or Ram Ji Rao speaking to the malayalam they weren't done very well. Now he has Sanmasasullavarakku Samadhaanam into hindi. he is also doing Thalavattam to hindi too.

Responses:

• From: Raj (@ cm-24-169-220-23.nycap.rr.com) on: Mon Oct 15 00:36:48
  
  Personally, I thought "Hera-Pheri" was an excellent remake!
  The "Kilukkam" version "Muskuraahat" in hindi sucked though.
  
  Hindi movies have to appeal to a north Indian audience, which Hera-Pheri did and Muskurahat didn't. Hopefully Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar, remade from Sanmanasullavarkku Samadhanam, isn't as bad as some dumbass reviewers put it.
  
  
• From: mandoose (@ cache-blr.ernet.in) on: Mon Oct 15 14:22:56
  
  He tried to remake the hollywood hits to malayalam and he kind of succeeded in that. Now he is trying to remake all mal movies in hindi and i think it is a failure. I have seen 2-3 movies and all of them are horrible. U cant compare mohanlal with jackie shroff or aravind swamy or sunil shetty.. He is far ahead of them..
  
  
  
• From: Narayanan (@ umd84-75.d.umn.edu) on: Mon Oct 15 21:09:12
  
  I thought in Hera Pheri none of the actors came out as well as Mukesh, Sai Kumar and Innocent. Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and whoever played as Inncoent weren't even as close as the original version. The only character that wasn't done bad was the character of Rekha - Tabu. In Muskuraat Jackie Sheroff sucked playing the role of Mohanlal. I think overall his remakes in hindi is just horrible because most movies he remakes had mohanlal in the original and there really isn't anyone in hindi that can do what mohanlal did in the original movie. Sunil Shetty as mohanlal in the remake of Sanmannasullavarakku Samadanam will suck. Shetty can't act comedy nearly as well as mohanlal
  
  
• From: Raj (@ cm-24-169-220-23.nycap.rr.com) on: Wed Oct 24 23:19:37
  
  Here is a few links for you folks to enjoy. Don't tell me I didn't get u all anything! :D
  
  It's about THAALAVATTAM to be remade with SRK, Ash Rai, and Kareena. The other one is about Priyan's view on filmmaking, remakes, and the general stuff!
  
  Enjoy!
  and peaces
  Raj
  
  http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/oct/17priya.htm
  &
  http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/sep/28priya.htm
  
  
• From: Asoka (@ 203.124.1.183) on: Thu Oct 25 00:44:38
  
  I wish he'd stop making Hindi films altogether. He doesn't have a grasp of the Hindi audience. His films cater more to south Indian tastes. BTW, what's with Tabu's south Indian sari and big "pottu" on her forehead in Virasat. It's a north Indian village for christ's sake!
  
  
• From: Manish (@ 64.66.32.130) on: Mon Oct 29 17:16:41
  
  Probably Sathyan Anthikad should file a lawsuit against Priyan for moshaNam. This guy spoiled the so-called Naadodikaatt part-3 ("Akkare akkare akkare") beyond recognition. The charm of part-1 and part-2 ("Pattanapravesam") were raped in part-3, if I may use that word. Now he has REMADE "SanmanasullavaRkku samaadhaanam" as "Yeh tera ghar yeh mera ghar", and went on to claim that it is a remake of his own "thalavattom", aasaya daaridryam ennallaathe enthu paRayaan.
  
  If Bharathan had seen "Viraasat" (remake of "Thevar makan") he would have committed suicide.
  
  He didn't leave "Kireedom" either, remade and we get some thing like "Gardish".
  
  I recall seeing a xerox copy of "Mukundetta Sumithra viLikkunnu" in Hindi (*ing Naseeruddin Shah and Farooq Sheikh) on further investigation found that the hindi version was released much before the Priyan flick.
  
  Guess he is trying to give K Balachander a run for his money for the title "Man of remakes", but then we should be fair to KB he re-made his OWN movies.
  
  Its high time that this guy makes some thing of his own, he is indeed talented, "chitram", "Thalavattom", "Kilukkam", "Kaalaapaani","Vellanankalude naadu” etc can vouch for it.
  
  
  
• From: alex (@ spider-tj063.proxy.aol.com) on: Tue Oct 30 10:38:58
  
  Thalavattam was copied from Jack Nickolsons Movie in the late 70's in hollywood.
  
  
• From: Narayanan (@ umd84-75.d.umn.edu) on: Tue Oct 30 17:16:59
  
  But Thalavattam was different from the Jack Nickolsons movie. Thalavvattam had comedy where the Nickolson movie didn;t Priyadarshan used the basic idea of the movie and changed the story line to a comedy instead of serious.
  Anothter thing Vellanakulludde Naadu was I think written by Srenivasan.
  
  
• From: mandoose (@ cache-blr.ernet.in) on: Wed Oct 31 01:42:39
  
  Manish,
  
  Yeh Tera khar Yeh mera Khar is the remake of "sanmanassullavarku Samadhanam".. And i don;t think priyan claimed it as a remake of his own film "Thalavattom".. In fact he is going to remake Thalavattom in hindi with Shah Rukh, Aishwarya Rai and Kareena kapoor in the lead roles..
  
  -- mandoose
  
  
• From: Raghu (@ 164.164.79.36) on: Wed Oct 31 07:43:49
  
  Priyan adapts the thread of the story and transports it to kerala milieu.he is the king of that and no other director was able to match this particular skill of priyan's.
  
  
• From: saagar (@ 202.88.234.230) on: Wed Oct 31 08:39:30
  
  IMHO Priyadarshan,Siddique lal,KamalHaasan-Singeetham team are the best in directing comedy scenes.
  And Priyadarshan as the best director to bring in lot of colors and enriching visual beauty to scenes.
  
  

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