Remake

A remake, in Indian cinema, is a freshly produced film that retells the story of an earlier film — typically from another language industry — with a new cast, crew, and often substantial cultural and structural adaptation. Remakes differ from dubbed versions, which retain the original visuals and only replace the audio: a remake is shot afresh. Cross-language remakes have been a structural feature of Indian cinema for decades, with the Hindi industry historically remaking successful Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films (Drishyam, Kabir Singh, Vikram Vedha being recent examples), and South industries periodically remaking Hindi or each other's hits. The remake economy has weakened significantly since the rise of dubbed releases and streaming — audiences who can simply watch the original have less appetite for adaptations, which has pushed Hindi cinema in particular toward original material or pan-Indian co-productions.