There is a tradition of remaking films in other languages not only in Bollywood but in the cinema industry all over the world. Many times, instead of making an official remake, a different film is made on the basic idea. Now with the release of Akshay Kumar’s film Khel Khel Mein, its original film Perfect Strangers has come into the limelight, which has an interesting world record to its name.
Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Khel Khel Mein’ has been released in theatres on the occasion of Independence Day. This film is directed by Mudassar Aziz. Along with Akshay, Fardeen Khan, Amy Virk, Aditya Seal, Vaani Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu and Pragya Jaiswal are in lead roles.
Khel Khel Mein is a comedy drama film. We are going to give you such information related to this movie, which is very interesting. ‘Khel Khel Mein’ is not an original film, but an official remake of the Italian film ‘Perfetti Sconosciuti’, which has been titled ‘Perfect Strangers’ in English.
Record of most remakes ‘Khel Khel Mein’ is the 28th remake of this film :
The Italian film Perfetti Sconosciuti, released in 2016, became so popular worldwide that its remakes were made in many countries and it has registered the world record of the most remade film.
‘Khel Khel Mein’ is the 28th remake of this film, while officially till January 2024, it has been remade 24 times in different languages. Interestingly, before Akshay’s film, films inspired by its story have been made in Malayalam and Kannada languages in India.
Where were the remakes made?
Perfect Strangers was released in February 2016 and its first remake was released in Greece in the month of December. After this, the film was remade in many countries including Spain, Turkey, France, Korea, China, Mexico, Hungary, Germany, Russia, Japan, Israel, Norway.
In India, Kannada cinema first took inspiration from this film and made ‘Loudspeaker’, which came in 2018. After this, the Malayalam film ’12th Man’, which came in 2022, was also inspired by Perfect Strangers. Another Malayalam film ‘1001 Noonakkal’, which came in 2022, was also made on the same story.
What is the plot of Perfect Strangers?
In most of the films, the story has been shown in its own way by taking inspiration from the basic plot of the Italian film. The plot of the film is based on the reunion of some friends who meet after years on some occasion and play a game that everyone’s mobile phone will remain unlocked, whatever call or message comes, it will be read or heard in front of everyone.
In this sequence, everyone’s uncomfortable secrets are revealed, which affect the relationships. The original Italian film was directed by Paolo Genovese. The story was also his.
