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Bollywood Movie Remake In South: Everyone must have heard about the remake of South films in Bollywood. But in the South one rarely hears about the remake of a Hindi film. In such a situation, today we are telling you about a Tamil film, which was released in 1986 and it was the Tamil remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s blockbuster film, after which the makers were divided. Let us tell about it.
Actually, in the film we are talking about, a superstar like Rajinikanth played the lead role. The film was released in the year 1986. It was none other than ‘Maviran’. This was a Tamil action drama film, directed by Rajasekhar. Actress Ambika Jaishankar was with him in this. Let us tell you that this was the Tamil remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s hit film ‘Mard’ released in 1985.
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First Tamil film to be shot in 70mm film format
Not only this, the film ‘Maveeran’ was the first film in Tamil cinema to be shot in 70mm film format and had a six-track stereophonic sound system. This film was released on 1 November 1986 on the occasion of Diwali. Still, it could neither benefit from Rajinikanth’s stardom nor the Diwali holidays. It proved to be a commercial flop.
‘Maviran’ had a mixed bag at the box office
If reports are to be believed, Tamil film ‘Maveeran’ had a split at the box office. This film flopped badly at the box office. According to the information available on the internet, the film did a business of Rs 3-4 crore globally. It is said that this film could not even recover its budget.
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Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Mard’ had earned 1500% profit
If we talk about Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Mard’, it was released in the year 1985 and it was one of the best films of that year, which earned bumper money. According to the report of SACNILC, the gross collection of this film was 16.20 crores and India net collection was 8.10 crores. Whereas in the reports the budget of the film is said to be Rs 2.8 crores. In this sense, the film had earned 1500% profit at the box office. In those days, this profit and earning was considered very big.
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Star cast of ‘Mard’
However, if we talk about the star cast of the film ‘Mard’, actress Amrita Singh was in the lead role. Along with this, actors like Dara Singh, Prem Chopra, Goga Kapoor, Bob Christo and Nirupa Roy were in important roles in the film. Not only the film but its songs were also a hit and people liked it a lot.