Hindi remakes of blockbuster South films are a new rage. With the advent of OTT platforms, cinema lovers are exposed to Indian cinema at large allowing pan-India and regional cinema to flourish.

In the last couple of years, South Indian films gave back-to-back hits and have shifted the dynamics of Indian cinema. Films like KGF, Kantara, Pushpa: The Rule, Sita Ramam, and others did numbers at both the box office and OTT platforms.

This year, several Bollywood films are lined up for theatrical releases that are remakes of successful South movies. Starting from Kartik Aaryan’s Shehzada to Salman Khan’s Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan to Ajay Devgn’s Bholaa, let’s have a look at the upcoming Bollywood films that will take forward the trend of remakes in 2023.

Shehzada, Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon

Rohit Dhawan’s film has already created a buzz on social media after its trailer release. Featuring Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon in the lead roles, Shehzada is the Hindi remake of Allu Arjun’s 2020 Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo.

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, Salman Khan and Pooja Hegde

Salman Khan releases his film every year on Eid and this year will be special too as the actor will be seen in a rugged avatar in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Kaan alongside Pooja Hegde. The teaser of the film is already out and has received love from the audience. His much-awaited comeback is the remake to the 2014 Tamil film Veeram starring Ajith Kumar.

Selfiee, Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi

Helmed by Raj Mehta, Selfiee will star Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Diana Penty, and Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead roles. The film is the official Hindi remake of the 2019 Malayalam film Driving License featuring Prithviraj and Suraj Venjaramoodu in pivotal roles.

Soorarai Pottru, Akshay Kumar

Kumar will also be seen in the official Hindi remake of the Tamil film Soorarai Pottru which starred Suriya in the lead. The untitled Hindi remake will be produced by Suriya himself.

Bholaa, Ajay Devgn

After gaining plaudits for his appearance in SS Rajamouli’s RRR, Ajay Devgn is all set to make the Hindi remake of the popular Tamil film Kaithi which features Karthi in the lead. Bholaa will also star Tabu as the female lead.

Shehnaaz Gill, the internet sensation who is soon to make her Bollywood debut, is thriving in her career. After collaborating with Rahul Preet Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, and other Bollywood stars, Gill will now welcome Shahid Kapoor on her web show Desi Vibes With Shehnaaz Gill.

Kapoor will be seen promoting his debut web series Farzi on the show. Sharing the pictures of the same on social media, the Punjabi actor wrote her next episode will be all about Sunny from Farzi. In the pictures, both the stars can be seen as all smiles as she posed for the camera.

While Gill can be seen wearing a pastel blue co-ord set, Kapoor sported a casual look with a tie-dye sweatshirt and a pair of jeans.

Have a look at the pictures here:

Directed by Raj & DK, Farzi will premiere on Prime Video from February 10 in India and more than 240 countries and territories. The trailer of the show is already up and it is an eight-episode web series.

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The plot of the series revolves around a local artist Sunny who desires to earn money along with his friend and starts an illegal business of forging currency through sketching and replication.

Farzi will also star Vijay Sethupathi as an angry cop who is after Sunny. The cast also includes Raashii Khanna, Kay Kay Menon, and Amol Palekar in important roles.

On the other hand, Shehnaaz Gill is soon to make her Bollywood debut in Salman Khan’s film Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan. The teaser of the film is out already wherein Gill was seen in a South Indian avatar. The film marks the Bollywood debut of both Gill and Palak Tiwari.

Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is all set to go on floors in Eid this year.

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Director Anurag Kashyap, who is renowned for voicing his opinion and not holding back, has made a startling revelation about the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Recently, in an interview, the Gangs of Wasseypur director opened up about still feeling regret for ignoring Sushant’s request to collaborate three weeks before his death.

Kashyap even revealed that he had refused to speak to the Chhichhore actor because he was bitter about being ghosted by him. Not only this, he also opened up about his differences with Abhay Deol.

Speaking about his straightforward nature, he said, it took him a year and a half of sickness to realize a lot of things. He said he was so reactive that he would say things out of anger, out of reaction, to things he felt perturbed by. Adding further, he said that it took him time to realize that he was shouting in a room full of people shouting. Nobody’s listening to each other, not just to him. That’s what social media has become. And he stepped back, thinking about why he was reacting to this and what was bothering him.

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Talking about his differences with Abhay Deol, he said a lot has changed, but he knows he has no filter. But it’s also made him realize that he doesn’t need to say everything. For example, that whole spat between him and Abhay. He narrated one incident when somebody was doing an article about why a very good actor like Abhay was no longer in the movies, and he spoke about his experiences, something that happened 13 years ago. He said he realized later that he didn’t need to say it publicly.

And the day the unfortunate incident happened to Sushant, he said he felt so bad. Three weeks prior to that, somebody was trying to reach out to him because he wanted to talk, and he said he refused to talk to him because the Kedarnath actor had once ghosted him. “You get pangs of guilt,” he added. Following that, he stated that he attempted to contact Abhay and apologized to him because he was upset about him speaking publicly about him.

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