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While a few of these are straightforward remakes of his own original films from Malayalam ( Thenmavin Kombathu became Saat Rang Ke Sapne ) the trail of other films are more complicated.įor instance his Hindi film De Dana Dan, starring Akshay Kumar, borrowed generously from the Hollywood comedy Screwed. Some of the other films too have scenes or portions (or just tunes, sometimes) that were borrowed from films in other languages. Of his 77 releases so far (not counting Marakkar ), over 30 are either complete or partial remakes.
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Among directors still working actively today, only Sathyan Anthikad, Ram Gopal Varma and David Dhawan come close to the volume Priyadarshan is able to maintain and in all fairness, it looks like he will continue to add to his list for many more years.īut in this game of numbers, one ‘unfair’ advantage the director seems to have is the large number of remakes in his filmography. Balachander contributed to more than 100 films either as screenwriter or director. In the south, Dasari Narayana Rao made around 140 films across languages and in Tamil, K. Among Malayalee directors he falls behind even more prolific filmmakers such as J.Sasikumar with over 140 films to his credit and M.Krishnan Nair, who made over 80. Giving these figures some context, only a handful of directors have been as prolific as Priyadarshan.
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He’s made over 90 films, with an average output of more than two films per year, he makes more movies than the average Indian’s annual visits to a movie theatre. Add to this the fact that his next Malayalam release ( Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea ) is also the industry’s biggest and most hyped film, and you understand how his longevity is as much about quality as it is about quantity. Having started his career with an unreleased film titled Thiranottam (also Mohanlal’s debut) his journey has outlasted several revolutions in cinema including shifts from black & white to colour, film to digital, single screens to OTT (his latest Hungama 2 was a direct OTT release). Technically speaking, the year 2021 is director Priyadarshan’s 42nd year in the movie business.