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As Mani Ratnam turns an year older on June 2, let's check out the six times Bollywood filmmakers found his films inspiring enough to get them remade.
Mumbaikar is directed by Santosh Sivan and is the remake of the Tamil film Maanagaram. The film stars Vikrant Massey, Vijay Sethupathi, Tanya Maniktala, Hridhu Haroon, Sanjay Mishra, Ranvir Shorey, and Sachin Khedekar. Mumbaikar is streaming on JioCinema.
2018 is a Malayalam disaster-thriller drama directed by Jude Anthany Joseph who has co-written the screenplay with Akhil P Dharmajan. Based on the Kerala flood tragedy of August 16, 2018, the movie features an ensemble cast in Kunchacko Boban, Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aparna Balamurali, Kalaiyarasan, Narain, Lal, Aju Varghese, Tanvi Ram, among others.
Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is a courtroom drama based on the Asaram Bapu case, that is directed by Apoorv Singh Karki and written by Deepak Kingrani. The movie stars Manoj Bajpayee in the lead. Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai is streaming on Zee5.
Neelavelicham is directed by Aashiq Abu and stars Tovino Thomas, Rima Kallingal, Roshan Mathew, Shine Tom Chacko in the lead roles. The movie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
From Nee Po Mone Dinesha to Sawari Giri Giri, If you do not use these Malayalam dialogues of Lalettan, why do you even call yourself a Mallu?
Kacchey Limbu is a sports-based film directed by Shubham Yogi. The movie stars Radhika Madan, Rajat Barmecha, Ayush Mehra, Mahesh Thakur, Aisha Ahmed among others.
Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery is directed by Yashowardhan Mishra. The Netflix film stars Sanya Malhotra, Anant Joshi, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Brijendra Kala, Raghubir Yadav among others.
Charles Enterprises is directed by Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian. The movie stars Balu Varghese, Urvashi, Guru Somasundaram, Kalaiyarasan among others.
The Mother is an action-thriller directed by Niki Caro and starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead. The movie also stars Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Lucy Paez, Gael García Bernal in the cast. The Mother is streaming on Netflix.
Farhana is a social thriller written and directed by Nelson Venkatesan. The movie stars Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead along with Jithan Ramesh, Anumol, Aishwarya Dutta, Selvaraghavan among others.
IB 71 is a spy thriller based on real-life incidents that is directed by Sankalp Reddy. The movie stars Vidyut Jammwal, Anupam Kher, Vishal Jethwa, Faizan Khan, Bijay Anand among others.
Directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Shah, the controversial film stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani.
The Kerala Story is directed by Sudipto Sen who has written the screenplay with Suryapal Singh and producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The movie stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani.
Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo is a Disney+ Hotstar series created by Homi Adajania. The show stars Dimple Kapadia, Radhika Madan, Angira Dhar, Isha Talwar, Naseeruddin Shah, Ashish Verma, Varun Mitra, Udit Arora, Deepak Dobriyal, Kiku Sharda, Monica Dogra, Jimit Trivedi among others.
The Hindi remake stars Alaya F, Priyanshu Painyuli, Aashim Gulati, Manu Rishi Chadha, Rajesh Sharma among others.
Agent is a Telugu action entertainer written and directed by Surender Reddy. The movie stars Akhil Akkineni, Mammootty, Dino Morea, Sakshi Vaidya, Murali Sharma, Sampath Raj among others.
Ponniyin Selvan 2 is the sequel to the 2022 blockbuster directed by Mani Ratnam. The movie features an ensemble cast in Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, R Parthiban, Rahman, Lal, Vikram Prabhu, Yog Japee among others.
U-Turn is the Hindi remake of the 2016 Kannada film by the same name. The movie is directed by Arif Khan and stars Alaya F, Priyanshu Painyuli, Rajesh Sharma, Aashim Gulati, Shreedhar Dubey, Manu Rishi Chadha among others.
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is directed by Farhad Samji, and also stars Venkatesh, Pooja Hegde, Jagapathi Babu, Bhumika Chawla, Jassie Gill, Raghav Juyal, Siddharth Nigam, Shehnaaz Gill, Palak Tiwari, Vinali Bhatnagar, and Vijender Singh.