Before the Hindi version, the film was remade in Kannada as ‘Raam’ by Punith Rajkumar and then in Tamil as ‘Uthama Puthiran’ starring Dhanush and Genelia D’Souza. Ready: Starring Salman and Asin, it is the 4th remake of 2008 Telugu movie ‘Ready’ featuring Ram and Genelia D’ Souza. Kareena Kapoor was paired opposite Salman and Bodyguard went on to be the biggest grosser of 2011 and broke numerous records. The Telugu movie itself was inspired from the Jackie Chan’s action comedy ‘Twin Dragons’.īodyguard: This action romantic movie directed by Siddique is the third remake of the director’s own 2010 Malayalam flick of the same name starring Dileep and Nayantara, the second being 2011 Tamil film Kaavalan featuring Vijay and Asin. Judwaa is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Hello Brother’ featuring Nagarjuna, Ramya and Soundarya. It featured Khan in a double role for the first and only time in his illustrious career. Judwaa: Another David Dhawan comedy, ‘Judwaa’ silenced Salman’s critics in 1997 as it emerged as one the biggest hits of the year. Released during the Cricket World Cup in 1999, Biwi No 1 became the highest grosser of the year. Apparently, Kamal Hassan’s role was portrayed by Anil Kapoor in the Hindi version. Bhoomika Chawla made her Bollywood debut with this film, which boasts of a memorable soundtrack composed by Himesh Reshammiya.īiwi No 1: Directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Biwi No 1 is a remake of 1995 Tamil film Sathi Leelavathi featuring Kamal Hassan, Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana and Heera. Directed by Satish Kaushik, it is a remake of Tamil film ‘Sethu’ featuring Vikram in the lead. Tere Naam: Arguably his best performance, Tere Naam revived Salman’s career in a big way in 2003. Before directing the Hindi version, Prabhu Deva remade the movie in Tamil with Vijay and Asin.
Wanted is a remake of Telugu blockbuster movie ‘Pokiri’ directed by Puri Jagannath starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana D’ Cruz. It brought Salman Khan back in the top league and most importantly revived the single-screen theatres in many parts of the country. Wanted: This is the movie which is largely responsible for the current euphoria of Masala Action movies in Bollywood.