Its the time of remakes and adaptions. I dont understand the concept or the difference between a "remake" and a "adaptation". for me both of them are the same as there are so many references of the original that you feel that you are seeing the same version.
The Lack of creativeness, has triggered this trend of remaking the same successfull formula with a new touch, it is like you are experimenting with a dish, which is cooked so well. I dont understand the intelligence of re making the entire model keeping the backdrop same but putting new faces and voices in the front. They should understand that people have loved them, like they were in the movie and will compare the newer version on the same grounds.
The newer addition in this league is ajay devgn - tamannah starrer HIMMATWALA, which was remaked from 1983 version of the same titled movie. The authenticity was tampered while making the newer version as the audience was left in between, thinking that what to expect and what to see. This would have been a masala movie for those who have not seen the original version of the same movie and found this version to be having all masala. What was expected from the director was a simple essence of the image, which the original movie had and should have woven the story arround the same. There was no need to keep the same 1983 feel because no one can replicate the presentation levels of that period now. The main reason of HIMMATWALA failing in box office was on the mix of plot and the backgrounds, the movie was more of a comedy than a drama and the raised bar of expectation from the new pair with jeetendra-sridevi, which is evidently not possible.
The nesxt flick on the same lines is a remake of a 1981 movie called CASHME BUDDOR. The original version was released and successfull in the boxoffice even though, it lacked a known or famous faces. The main indegrient of its success was the plot and the comedy blended in the story. It kept people glued on their seats and gave huge doses of laughter. Today also, one cannot stop laughing by looking the flim. This classic was remaked and released with the same name this friday i.e. 5th April 2013. although the verdict of the flim is yet to come but director of this movie has clearly said that this is not a remake but an adaption. He pressed on the fact that, although the ground plot was same but the treatment is different . He clarified that, he has taken a normal easy to understand and relate the story to anyone's life without thinking much on it.
I am not against the fact that there is a reaponsibility of everyone of us to bring the classics to the newer generation so that they are aware of them as well but the question is "HOW" The way they are tampering with the original masterpieces, i fear one day there will be nothing which can be called as a classic and we can be proud in showing them.
