'Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey fate signals death of remakes' declares Ram Gopal Varma
India Today
Ram Gopal Varma said the disastrous fate of Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey signals the death of remakes. The director suggested it’s time to stop remaking South movies in Hindi.
Ram Gopal Varma is known for his hot takes on social media. Most recently, he talked about Shahid Kapoor’s latest outing, Jersey and remaking South movies in Hindi. The director said that the disastrous fate of Jersey in Hindi signals the death of remakes. Ram Gopal Varma believes instead of investing in remakes, the makers should simply ‘dub and release’ the original film in Hindi.
Shahid Kapoor's film Jersey has failed to impress the audience and the proof is its box office numbers. While Jersey is already struggling, Ram Gopal Varma recently criticised the Hindi remake of Nani's Telugu film. In a tweet, the director said, “The DISASTROUS fate of JERSEY film in Hindi signals the DEATH of REMAKES for the simple reason it has been proved multiple times that dubbed films like #Pushpa #RRR #KGF2 are doing far better than originals, if the content is good #DeathOfRemakes (sic).”
The DISASTROUS fate of JERSEY film in Hindi signals the DEATH of REMAKES for the simple reason it has been proved multiple times that dubbed films like #Pushpa #RRR #KGF2 are doing far better than originals ,if the content is good #DeathOfRemakes
Further, Ram Gopal Varma wrote about how much money the makers would have saved if they dubbed the original Jersey and released it. “If Nani ‘s original JERSEY from Telugu was dubbed and released it would have costed the producers just 10 lakhs whereas the remake in Hindi costed 100 cr resulting in losing enoromous money ,time, effort and face #DeathOfRemakes (sic),” tweeted the director.
