Many Kollywood blockbusters starring Vijay as the hero have been remade into Telugu by mega heroes. These remakes became blockbusters grossing more than the Tamil version. What are those movies?
Many Tamil movies starring Kollywood star hero Dalapathy Vijay have been remade into Telugu. Vijay's movies were mostly remade by mega heroes. All these remake movies became blockbusters at the Tollywood box office. Some films have grossed more than the original Tamil films. Vijay's movies have been remade into Telugu ten times so far. Pawan Kalyan remade three of them into Telugu. Chiranjeevi acted in a movie. What are those movies?
Love Today (Tamil) - Suswagatham (Telugu)ā¦
Vijay's 1997 Tamil film Love Today was a commercial success. It became one of the films that brought Vijay an image as a loverboy. After a successful run of more than 175 days in theaters in Kollywood, Pawan Kalyan remade the movie in Telugu with the title Suswagatham. This movie was also successful in Telugu.
Pawan Kalyan's performance as a young man yearning for the love of a girl was praised. Suswagatham movie is directed by Bhimene Srinivasa Rao. Devayani entered Tollywood as a heroine with the movie Suswagatham. Especially the songs given by SA Rajkumar in this movie impressed the music lovers.
Khushi (Tamil) ā Khushi (Telugu)ā¦
Khushi is one of the movies that boosted Pawan's craze and image among the youth audience. Pawan Kalyan impressed the fans with his different mannerisms and acting in the role of Siddhartha Roy alias Sidhu. Pawan Star entered the hero league with the movie Khushi. But Khushi is not an original movie. Being a remake is noteworthy.
Pawan has remade this Tamil movie titled Khushi with Dalapathy Vijay as the hero and with the same name in Telugu. SJ Surya, who directed the Tamil Matruka, directed the Telugu remake. The Telugu version of Khushi grossed more than the Tamil movie. Khushi acted as heroine in Telugu movie Bhumika.
Tirupachchi (Tamil) ā Annavaram (Telugu)ā¦
Five years after the release of Khushi, Pawan remakes another Vijay movie into Telugu. But this time the result was different. Vijay starrer Tirupachi made with sister sentiment has brought record collections in Tamil. This movie was released on Sankranti and became one of the highest collections in Vijay's career at that time.
Pawan Kalyan remade Tirupachi in Telugu with the title Annavaram. This movie, which was a blockbuster in Tamil, turned out to be a disaster in Telugu. The audience could not see Pawan in an over sentimental role. It is noteworthy that Annavaram is the last of Vijay's films to be remade by Pawan Kalyan.
Kaththi (Tamil) - Khaidi No. 150
Megastar Chiranjeevi, who took a break from films due to politics, made a re-entry in 2017 with Khaidi No. 150. Directed by VV Vinayak, this movie collected more than 165 crores. It is noteworthy that Khaidi No. 150 is a remake of Tamil movie Kaththi in which Vijay acted as the hero. Kaththi movie managed to collect 120 crores in Tamil...Khaidi No. 150 collected fifty crores more than the original. While Samantha acted as the heroine in the movie Kaththi, Kajal appeared as the heroine in Khaidi No. 150.
