Chennai: If films are watched for entertainment, it is important to enjoy them as they are, even if it's a remake, says Tamil director R Kannan, known for remaking Hindi films 'Jab We Met' and 'Delhi Belly' in Tamil. "I don't understand why two films should be compared even if one is a remake of the other. By comparing, we are only restricting ourselves from enjoying a film. In simple words, we are literally killing entertainment," Kannan told IANS.
"Most remakes are made keeping in mind so many factors, but people very easily discard it by comparing it with the original. Even though I know it's extremely difficult not to expect people from comparing remakes, I feel it should be stopped," he added. Kannan feels his forthcoming Tamil comedy 'Settai', remake of adult-comedy 'Delhi Belly', is very likely to be compared as well.
"Ever since the film has been announced, there have been several questions raised in comparison with 'Delhi Belly'. One of the most common questions was that how the film could be remade in Tamil without any cuss words and adult one-liners," he said. "You can see that even before we started filming, such questions were raised. Such is the plight of a filmmaker working on a remake and this is very unlikely to change," said Kannan.
Kannan faced similar situation while remaking 'Jab We Met', titled "Kanden Kadhalai" in Tamil. "Bharath who played the lead in the remake had starred in back-to-back action films
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Chennai, Oct 26: The maker of upcoming Tamil comedy 'Settai', a remake of adult comedy 'Delhi Belly', claims that it will be a youthful and family entertainer. "Our screenplay is slightly different from the Bollywood version and is intended to reach out to larger audience. 'Settai' has unlimited comedy and moreover there won't be any offensive language used in any of the scenes. The dialogues would be funny and entertaining...
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New Delhi: Hit adult comedy 'Delhi Belly' will now be remade in Tamil and director by R Kannan will start shooting for the film May 7 with Arya in the main lead. The yet to be titled Tamil version will be produced by UTV Motion Pictures and and it will be completed by October. It is slated for a Pongal release in January 2013. The original was co-produced by UTV...
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