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  • Salman Khan's Tere Naam, Akshay Kumar's Garam Masala and 7 more Bollywood movies we bet you didn't know were South remakes

Salman Khan's Tere Naam, Akshay Kumar's Garam Masala and 7 more Bollywood movies we bet you didn't know were South remakes

Bollywood has been remaking South movies long before since the early 90s albeit not frame-to-frame, word-for-word. Check out films like Tere Naam, Garam Masala, Raja Babu which were South remake, but forged their own identity

  • By Russel D'Silva
  • Published: May 10 2022, 21:21 PM IST
   
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Bollywood movies you probably don’t know were South remakes

Bollywood movies you probably don’t know were South remakes

The debate over Bollywood taking the easy route and remaking hit South movies has been raging on since the past decade or so, with more on more Hindi films looking toward Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies for inspiration. However, the trend of remaking South films into Bollywood has been happening since long before right from the early 90s albeit not with such propensity and definitely them not being frame-to-frame, word-for-word remakes. Check out films like Tere Naam, Garam Masala, Raja Babu which were South remake, but forged their own identity…

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Tere Naam

Tere Naam

Salman Khan starrer Tere Naam is a remake of 1999 Tamil movie Sethu.

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Garam Masala

Garam Masala

The Akshay Kumar and John Abraham starrer is a remake of 1985 Malayalam film Boeing Boeing.

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Raja Babu

Raja Babu

Govinda starrer Raja Babu is a remake of 1992 Tamil movie Rasukutty.

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Billu

Billu

The Shah Rukh Khan-Irrfan Khan starrer is a remake of 2007 Malayalam film Katha Parayumbol.

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Ghajini

Ghajini

Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini is a remake of the 1995 Tamil movie by the same title.

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Paheli

Paheli

Shah Rukh Khan-Rani Mukerji’s Paheli is loosely inspired from 1997 Kannada film Nagamandala.

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Saathiya

Saathiya

The Rani Mukerji and Vivek Oberoi starrer is a remake of 2000 Tamil movie Alaipayuthey.

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Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hai

Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hai

The Anil Kapoor and Kajol starrer is a remake of 1996 Telugu movie Pavitra Bandham.

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Hera Pheri

Hera Pheri

Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal’s Hera Pheri is a remake of Ramji Rao Speaking.

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