Old classic Hind cinema which produced films like - Devdas, Don, Agneepath, Sahib Bibi Aur Gulam, Sholay, Umrao Jaan don't seem emote at all.
Bollywood
is serving old wine in new bottles. Coupling powerful, rigid, ancient
screenplays with fresh faces, novel techniques, a little twist and item
number, jhatka -vatka in the story, and voilà a new movie is ready.
The successes of films like Karan Johar's Agneepath and Shah Rukh Khan's Don, have opened the doors for many more old hits to be remade in Bollywood.
Johar hits the bulls eye by remaking Amitabh Bachchan starrer 1990s film Agneepath, which rocked the box office with Rs. 23 crore on its opening day.
Johar is not the only producer-director looking for gold in old. Hrishikesh Mukherji's Gol Mal, starring Amol Palekar, has inspired Bol Bachchan while Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini starer Satte Pe Satta is awating new path with Sanjay Dutt as producer and in lead role.
This is not an old trend, keeping in mind that Devdas which has been adapted in 11 different languages, was made very differently post the 2000s. Anurag Kashyap went all out with a modern adaptation and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's grand epic was all about the set décor and costumes.
Recent films like The Dirty Picture, Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai and Om Shanti Om
all refer to old Bollywood films and take plot inspirations from what
has already made it big. Several such Bollywood classics are all just
other favourite ghosts from the past waiting to be remade.
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