Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan’s new film ‘Vikram Vedha’, which reached theaters with a making and promotion cost of Rs 190 crore, has shocked all the filmmakers whose films have not been able to collect even 10 percent of its cost on the first day. It is being made as a remake of some South’s film. Director duo Pushkar and Gayatri made the mistake of not understanding the sentiments of North Indian audiences in the Hindi remake of their own 2017 Tamil film Vikram Vedha, the same mistake that at least seven other directors did in the last seven months. Let us tell you which Hindi remakes of South films were made in the last seven months, and what happened to them …
Akshay Kumar’s ‘Bachchan Pandey’
Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Bachchan Pandey’ released on 18 March 2022 is a remake of the 2014 Tamil film ‘Jigarthanda’. Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon’s pair was seen on screen for the first time in this film based on action comedy. This film could not do anything amazing at the box-office, the box office collection of this film was around 49 crores. Akshay Kumar had given his whole life for this film, but on the very first day of shooting, when Akshay was seen wearing Kalava in his left hand, people understood what would be the end of this film.
Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Jersey’
Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur’s film ‘Jersey’ released on 22 April 2022. Based on the sports drama, the film is a remake of the Telugu film ‘Jersey’ released in the year 2019, in which South actors Nani and Shraddha Srinath worked. Shahid Kapoor worked in the Hindi remake of South’s film ‘Arjun Reddy’ ‘Kabir Singh’ before ‘Jersey’. Released before the Corona transition period, not only Shahid Kapoor’s performance in this film was highly praised, but the box office collection of the film was also amazing. But, in the last two years, the audience of the Hindi belt started watching South films directly on OTT, it has changed their taste. The film could only earn around Rs 25 crore at the box office.
Neeraj Pandey’s ‘Operation Romeo’
Producer Neeraj Pandey’s film ‘Operation Romeo’ was released on 22 April 2022. ‘Operation Romeo’ is a romantic thriller film starring Siddhant Gupta, Vedika Pinto, Bhumika Chawla and Sharad Kelkar. This Hindi film is a remake of the Malayalam film ‘Ishq’ released in the year 2019, which did a good collection at the box office, but its Hindi remake could not be successful.
Shilpa Shetty’s ‘Nikamma’
The film ‘Nikamma’ released on 17 June 2022. Apart from Abhimanyu Dassani, the film also stars Shilpa Shetty and Shirley Setia in the lead roles. Shilpa Shetty returned to the big screen after 14 years through ‘Nikamma’ but her magic too remained fuzzy. Shilpa Shetty’s earlier ‘Hungama 2’ was released on OTT. ‘Nikamma’ is a remake of the 2017 Telugu film ‘Middle Class Abbai’, in which actors Nani and Sai Pallavi worked. ‘Nikamma’ proved to be a disaster at the box office.
Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Hit – The First Case’
Directed by Shailesh Kolanu, ‘Hit – The First Case’ starring Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra released on 15 July 2022. The film is a Hindi remake of his own Telugu film Hit. Raj Kumar Rao, who had given a dozen flop films before this, had high hopes from this film, but this film also disappointed the audience a lot. Before the release of this film, Rajkummar Rao had said during his interview that it is our responsibility to do films keeping in mind the choice of the audience because the audience has always expected a good film from him. But this time also Raj Kumar Rao did not live up to the expectations of the audience.
Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Good Luck Jerry’
After the making of Janhvi Kapoor’s film ‘Good Luck Jerry’, it could not even find a distributor for theatres. As a result, the film had to release directly on Disney Plus Hotstar on 29 July 2022. The film is a remake of the 2018 Tamil film ‘Kolmavu Kokila’. Although the film was well received on OTT and Janhvi Kapoor’s performance was also highly praised. But if this film was released in theatres, hardly the audience would have turned there to watch it.
Akshay Kumar’s ‘Cuttputlli’
Akshay Kumar, who has been a part of frequent flops this year, had himself taken the responsibility of his flops at the trailer launch of Cuttputlli, saying that now he will have to think afresh what kind of films to choose. This psychological thriller film is directed by Ranjit Tiwari. The film was released on 2 September 2022 on Disney Plus Hotstar. The film is a Hindi remake of the Tamil film ‘Rakshasan’ released in the year 2018.
