Published 13:28 IST, November 5th 2019

Popular Bollywood movies that were remade into regional films

Bollywood films taking inspiration from regional as well as Hollywood films are very common. Here are Hindi films that were later adapted into other languages.

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Hindi film industry remaking popular regional films is very common. Some popular films from this category include Billu, Singham, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, etc. But re has also been an almost equal number of times where regional film industry has copied Bollywood as well. Here are some of iconic Bollywood films that were reme into regional films:

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1. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is one of most popular films until w. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Arsh Warsi, and Gracy Singh, it also won National Film Award for Best Popular Film. re have been numerous remakes of film including Shankar Da M.B.B.S in Telugu, Vasool Raja MBBS in Tamil, Uppi Da M.B.B.S. in Kanna, and Dr. Nawariyan in Sinhala.

2. Entry (2005)

original comedy film was directed by Anees Bazmee and h Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Fardeen Khan, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol, and Celina Jaitly in le roles. film was a remake of Tamil film, Charlie Chaplin. film was later reme in Marathi as Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey starring Sai Tamhankar, Ankush Choudhary, Bharat Jhav, Aniket Vishwasrao, Kranti Redkar, and Manva Naik. A Bengali remake of film was also released in 2016 titled Kelor Kirti.

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3. Jab We Met (2007)

Jab We Met was directed by Imtiaz Ali and starred Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. film turned out to be a huge hit both in India and abro. It was anunced that film will be reme in Tamil, Telugu, Kanna, and Malayalam. However, it was only reme in Tamil as Kanden Khalai.

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4. Dabangg (2010)

Dabangg was one of highest-grossing films of 2010 and also won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. It starred Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles. Dabangg was later reme in Tamil as Os and in Telugu as Gabbar Singh.

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5. Pink (2016)

Pink was directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and starred Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu in le roles. Pink was later reme in Tamil with title Nerkonda Paarvai. It h Ajith Kumar in le role and was a huge commercial success as well. re have also been talks of film being reme in Telugu.

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11:16 IST, November 5th 2019