Mar 15, 2024, 05:57 PM IST
Here are the Indian movies that had the most remakes
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel has been adopted in Hindi and Bengali feature films, including Dilip Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, and Soumitra Chatterjee's blockbusters
Devdas - 16 remakes
Mohanlal's blockbuster is remade as Drushyam (Telugu), Drishya (Kannada), Papanasam (Tamil), and Drishyam (Hindi). The film is also remade in the Sri Lankan film Dharmayudhaya and Sheep Without a Shepherd (Chinese)
Drishyam - 6 remakes
Manichitrathazhu - 4 remakes
Malayalam blockbuster was remake in Tamil as Chandramukhi, Kannada as Apthamitra, Bengali as Rajmohol, and Hindi as Bhool Bhulaiyaa
The Telugu film has been remade into Something Something... Unakkum Enakkum (Tamil), Neenello Naanalle (Kannada), Tera Mera Ki Rishta (Punjabi), I Love You (Bengali), Ramaiya Vastavaiya (Hindi)
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana - 7 remakes
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s comedy was remade as Thillu Mullu (Tamil), Aasegobba Meesegobba (Kannada), Simhavalan Menon (Malayalam), Rasa Rahasak (Sinhalese) and Bol Bachchan (Hindi)
Gol Maal - 5 remakes
Tamil comedy was remade in No Entry (Hindi), Pellam Oorelithe (Telugu), Happy Husbands (Malayalam), Kalla Malla Sulla (Kannada), No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey (Marathi ) and Kelor Kirti (Bengali)
Charlie Chaplin - 6 remakes
Kaavalan (Tamil), Salman Khan's Bodyguard (Hindi), Jaggesh's Bodyguard (Kannada) and Vekatesh's Bodyguard (Telugu), Tui Amar (Bengali Bangladesh)
Bodyguard - 5 remakes
Pokiri - 3 remakes
Mahesh Babu's Telugu actioner was remade in Vijay's Pokkiri (Tamil), Salman Khan's Wanted (Hindi), and Darshan's Porki (Kannada)