After the success of Wanted, Ready and Bodyguard, Salman Khan has been labeled as someone who only acts in remakes of south Indian hits. He has been accused of playing it safe, by doing films that have already proven to be hugely successful at the ticket-window.
“King of Remakes”, “Remake Khan” are names that are often used to bring him down. But a quick glance at some of the films that he has done in the last 5 years, reveals a different story.
- Salaam-e-Ishq (2007) – Original script
- Partner (2007) – Inspired by Hollywood film Hitch
- Marigold (2007) – Original script
- Saawariya (2007) – Original script
- God Tussi Great Ho (2008) – Inspired by Hollywood film Bruce Almighty
- Hello (2008) – Based on Chetan Bhagat’s Novel
- Heroes (2008) – Original Script
- Yuvvraaj (2008) – Original Script
- Wanted (2009) – Remake of Telugu film Pokiri
- Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (2009) – Original Script
- London Dreams (2009) – Original Script
- Veer (2010) – Original Script
- Dabangg (2010) – Original Script
- Ready (2011) – Remake of Telugu film Ready
- Bodyguard (2011) – Remake of Malayalam film Bodyguard
- Ek Tha Tiger (2012) – Original Script
- Dabangg 2 (2012) – Original Script
- Sher Khan (2012) – Original Script
To sum it up, Salman has been a part of 3 remakes in the last 5 years, 2 films inspired by Hollywood movies and 13 films with original scripts. What’s more, none of his upcoming films are remakes.
Also, it’s not Salman alone who has appeared in remakes. Have a look!
- Shahrukh Khan – Don was a remake of an Amitabh Bachchan classic with the same title. The SRK produced Billu, which featured the actor in an extended special appearance, was also a Malayalam remake.
- Aamir Khan – One of Aamir’s biggest hits in the last decade – Ghajini – was a Tamil remake.
- Akshay Kumar – Has appeared in 3 remakes in the last 5 years – Khatta Meetha, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Heyy Babyy. His upcoming film Rowdy Rathore too is a remake of Telugu hit Vikramarkudu.
- Hrithik Roshan – Who once vowed to never be a part of remakes, will be seen in Agneepath which again is an official remake of an Amitabh Bachchan classic with the same title. To be fair to Hrithik, the story seems to have been changed and the treatment is very different too!
- Ajay Devgan – One of Ajay’s biggest solo-hits too is a remake – Singham!
Remakes DO NOT guarantee success and attributing Salman’s success to remakes alone is unfair! Do tell us what you think, in the comments section below.
Update: A few are asking about Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kick. Agreed that Kick is a remake of a Telugu film. But it’s not 100% confirmed yet. Shirish Kunder was supposed to direct it, but he has now backed out. Unconfirmed reports say, Surender Reddy who directed the Telugu version will be directing the Hindi one too.
Still, it’s unfair to single-out Salman Khan, when half the industry is remaking films. Rowdy Rathore, Agneepath, Ek Deewana Tha, Bol Bachchan, Son of Sardar, Players etc are all remakes.
sharukh is less interested in doing mass movies if he do one then it will take 30 crores opening, take a look on ra one collection it did 25 crored on 2nd day of its release with huge negative reviews, image what wil be the collection o ra one if there is no diwali puja on first day i think it will be around 30 crores for sure, may be more
ra one had negative word of mouth it was released in dubai, torronto 1 day before india and 1st day in india was affected by diwali puja and 2nd day it collected more than 25 crores means ra one was carrying huge negave word of mouth for 2 days and next day still collected more than 25 crores, imagine if it released on eid what will be ra ones collection, will be more than 32 crores for sure this shows the star power of sharukhs
Ra1 was an over budget movie.. Pagal ki targa promotion ki choor khan ne..3d main release ki , bodyguard se double ticket charge kiya, 3400 screens main release ki And that’s y it did 115 cr business which about 10 crs less than ready’s business on 1600 screens and half the ticket price .. And u r talking about star power… Srk can only dream to cross 125 crs of ready rest aside dabangg and bodyguard .. Choor khan Kitni Bhi chori kerle Salman ke Kareeb Bhi nahi aa sakta… Choor khan.. Yash raj ka chamcha. 90% of srk’s hits are either by Yash raj or dharma… Aditya and Karan… 2 best directors in the industry. Do u know what risk is.. Salman has worked with maximum number of first time directors, banners, and actresses. Yash raj banner made srk famous but Salman made many banners famous. Srk’s official name from now on us Choor Chamcha Khan
aditya chopra, karan johar, farah khan was first time director when sharukh worked with them they became famous isme sharukh ki koi dosh nahi aur salman south ki hit film ko bollywood me hit karate hai even singham did 100 crore business aur rahi baat marketing ka, zyada karo ya bahut zyada karo sab same hota hai agar kam karega toh fark hoga , do u think if salman do 1 year promoton then it will have opening day collection of 50 crore and if he do 2 years promotion then it will have opening of 100 crore, bodyguard got good opening coz remake film ready earned good word of mouth, bodyguard naam hi bahut attractive hai aur blockbuster malayalam and tamil movie ka remake hai aur acha songs bhi hai and it was released in eid time inh sab vajah se bodyguard ko itna acha opening mila, dekho ek tha tiger 2012 ka sabse bada flop hoga
agar ticket rate bada diya toh film ko fayda bhi hoga aur nuksaan bhi hoga q ki bahut familya film keliye nahi jayenge due to high ticket rate aur rahi baat 3d ka , salman ko yeh idea nahi aaya isme sharukh ka kya galti aise bekaar ki reason mat bolo if we can say ra one didnt cross 200 crore in india coz of lack of good story and screen play otherwise it will cross 400 crore in india, salman films without remake and eid release will be sure shot flop salman films remake hone ki vajah se hit hota hai this u have to accept coz this is the truth,
Maine Pyar Kiya 1989. All time blockbuster original
Baaghi: 1990 hit original
Sanam bewafa. 1991 super hit original
Love. 1991 hit orgininal
Sajan. 1991 super hit original
Ek lerka ek lerki. 1992 average original
Andaz apna apna. 1994 average original
Hum apke hain kaun. 1994 all time blockbuster original
1995 Karan Arjun blockbuster original acted beter than srk and Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1996 Jeet superhit original
1997 Judwaa hit original no remake though few scenes from double dragon
1998 Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya superhit original
1998 Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai hit original
1998 Bandhan hit original
1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai block buster original
1999 Biwi No.1 blockbuster original
1999 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Superhit original
1999 Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United Superhit original
2000 Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge average. Original
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega hit original
2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Hit original
2002 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam remake for both srk and Salman
2003 Tere Naam Hit original
2003 Baghban Superhit original
2004 Garv: Pride and Honour Hit original
2004 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi Superhit few scenes from anger management
2005 Lucky: No Time for Love hit original
2005 Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya? Copied in pieces from a Hollywood movie
2005 No Entry Superhit original
2007 Partner Blockbuster copied in pieces from hitch
how can u call don remake coz it was totaly different graph than amitabh don. But if u c south bodygaurd , ready, wanted n dabbang u will realise not even 1 second different n nor even in action n nor even in place n city
@yasin. Duded on was scene to scene remake except for last 5 minutes… Even songs were remade…bodyguard’ plot was chaned a bit, ready’s plot was changed a bit… Do ur research before posting
I mean don
@im not a stupid sharukh fan, juduwa is not a remake? it was a scene to scene remake there wasnt even single difference likewise most of films u mentions were south remakes and originals were flops, salmans hits films r either remakes or multistarrers or suraj barajattyas films except one film dabangg, we r in 6th page now go to 2nd and 3rd page and check i mentioned most of the south remakes of salman films by the way do u know when i became sharukhs fan it was after watching karan arjun , ur not aware of south remakes but im aware of it coz im from south india now dont repeat the same line again and again its a proven fact that salman can only and only make hits with south remakes or with multi starrers , and one more thing in hum apke hai kaun madhuri shined all way most of them dunno salmans name then
after watching hum apke hai kaun my friends told me madhuri acted very well but who is that lallu in that film i told his name is sallu to it my fiends replied perfect name for him he looks and acts really like lallu
salman friends will see srk power on 2o13 eid. salman remake movie get big hit coz during fasting time one month no movie get reliese, eid belongs to muslims n muslims are 16 percent in india so non muslims get 3 holidays so they run cinema firstday. Srk get diwali only 5o percent go 2 cinema others busy with pooja n visiting.
@yasin, which sharukh movie is releasing 2013 eid, how do u know about it
Srk is choor khan.. That the only thing proven…
channai express srk n kareena on 2o13 eid
amir khan – salman khan i am best friend of u
salman – salman khan bahut sharif sharif sa lagta he , call me remake khan.
wanted-ek bar mene re-make bana ne ki than li uske bad to me original ki bhi nahi sochta,
bodygaurd- me original kum or re-make jyada banata hu.
Dabang- me bollywood me itni re-make banaunga ki log confuse ho jaenge ki kon si original he or kon si re-make.
haha yaseen good one dude
what a joke salman maked 2 movies in 2011 he,s not the king srk have already maked 2 movies Ra.one and Don 2. we shall see who wins the award in 2012 salman or srk.
SRk has to keep trying to beat Salman..SRK has a long way to go to cross 125crs or Ready. This is a difference. Salman does a stupid movie and it croses 125 crs and SRk does so called master piece and it can’t even beat Ready. haha Thast the Salman Powder. Thats the Salman Tsunami and SRk can’t stand it.
If Salman does a movie is which he comes and just stand there for 3 hours. It will do more business than any of SRk’s movie. Thats the Salman power right on ur face.
Srk is the chor khan , name one movie out of his last 11 where he has not copied a single scene from a hollywood movie…Choor Khan…Srk has a limit..his movies can not cross a certain amount where as Salman and Amir have no limits.
@ Rahan, After reading all ur comments I think I will have to come down to ur standards and agree with whatever “I am not stupid SRk fan” has written , specially the part where he has written that SRk is a choor khan. If you guys have to label Salman as a remake khan, we will label SRk as Choor Khan which is true. Dude 99% of ur posts above don’t make any sense, so there is no point in replying to senseless posts. When u will start postong something sensible. I will reply. But for Now Have a debate with “I am not stupid SRk fan”.
not really nhi yes really indicine