Bollywood stars enjoy a huge fan following among all sections of people across the country. Despite their stardom, when they were reeling under a string of flops or when movie lovers felt monotony crept in their films or critics started writing them off, only remakes from south, especially Tollywood revived their stardom.
It is known that Shahid Kapoor is now shaking the box office with his latest release Kabir Singh. The film which is a remake of Vijay Devarakonda's Arjun Reddy, powered Shahid's stardom to another level by turning out to be his first 100crs film in his career.
In fact it was a remake from the south which taught 100 crs to Bollywood. On the advice of Allu Aravind, Mr Perfectionist Amir Khan collaborated with him to star in the remake of Surya's Ghajini. The film became the first 100crs film in Bollywood.
Salman Khan was reeling under a string of flops and a question mark was raised on his career when he showed his power with Wanted. The film is a remake of Mahesh Babu's hit film Pokiri. From then on Salman never looked back and showed his power with many remakes.
Ajay Devgn banked on remakes to revive his career with Surya's Singham and Mohan Lal's Drishyam. Be it Raviteja's Vikramarkudu and Chiranjeevi's Tagore, Akshay Kumar scored hits with the remakes and is now starring in Laxmmi Bomb, a remake of Tamil hit Muni.
Despite constant criticism from some quarters in Bollywood circles, top Bollywood stars cannot stop starring in the remakes of South to reinvent themselves and power their stardom.