A while ago, there has been a debate in the industry regarding the North-South remakes. Recently, in an interview, action director Rohit Shetty was asked about the ongoing rift to which the actor responded in a witty manner.
He said, “Jab aap history check karenge… 50s aur 60s mein Pyar Kiye Jaa aayi thi, which was a remake. It starred Shashi Kapoor ji. In the 80s, when Amitabh Bachchan ji and Vinod Khanna ji were at the peak, tab ek naya ladka aaya tha, Kamal Haasan With Ek Duje Ke Liye, which was a hit. The superstars of 80s and 90s were Jaya Prada and Sridevi who were from the south too.”
He further added, “Pura jo ek daur Jeetu ji (Jeetendra) ka chal raha tha Himmatwala, Justice Chowdary, Mawaali all these films are from the south (remakes). After Roja, directed by Mani Ratnam, the trend changed. Our famous music director AR Rahman is from south. When VCR came in the 80s, people said ab theatres khatam aur Bollywood khatam, jab OTT aaya people said ab Bollywood khatam toh yeh ‘bollywood khatam’ thought ek high deta hai, but Bollywood kabhi khatam nahi hoga.”
On the work front, Rohit Shetty is all set to hit the screens with Ranveer Singh starrer Cirkus. Apart from that, the director is also working on Singham 3. Currently, he will be seen hosting Colors TV’s action reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi.
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