Right now Chattakkaari and Nidra are also being remade and another one in the offing is Inayethedi, which had Silk Smitha in the lead.Is it the dearth of original ideas or the market for titillation that is prompting many filmmakers to go for the old time soft porn movies?Well, your guess is as good as ours The remake trend in Malayalam was recently started with Neelathamara and the superb success of Rathinirvedam has prompted many to remake some of the old movies. The cast includes Kalasala Babu, Urmila Unni, Tony, Anoop Chandran and Narayanan Kutty. The shooting of the new version is currently going on at Guruvayoor.
OLD MALAYALAM MOVIE RASALEELA MOVIE
The original Rasaleela was in fact the remake of a Tamil movie titled Unarchigal. In the new version, the lyrics are being penned by Vayalar Rama Varma’s son Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma and composed by Salil Chowdhury’s son Sanjoy Chowdhury.ĭarshan and Prathishta are playing the lead in the new version, in the roles played by Kamal Haassan and Jayasudha. The songs from the original – Nishaa surabhikal…, Neeyum vidhavayo… and Manakkale thathe…, written by Vayalar Rama Varma and composed by Salil Chowdhury, are still hugely popular. The film, which was known for its rather bold theme, is being directed by Majeed Maranchery. It seems to be raining remakes of late and the next in the list is the 1975 film Rasaleela, directed by N Sankaran Nair. Low production costs and good publicity are the main reasons, since these films are familiar to Malayalis already as good films. The success of “Neelathamara” and “Rathinirvedam” forced more directors to re create the old evergreen movies. The new version will be produced by Benny Peters in the banner of B and M entertainments. It is Majeed Maranchery who is now getting ready to remake this Rasaleela. This Kamal movie with Jayasudha as the heroine had plenty of sensuous scenes and was a popular hit of the time. One of the earliest movies of Kamal hasan named ‘Rasaleela’ directed by N.