Sallu goes South

. In fact, the former had a remakecloser home in the Priyadarshan-directed Malayalam flick, Thalavattam, with thefilmmaker choosing to bring his ’80s hit to Bollywood. There was also TereNaam, a remake of the Vikram-starrer Sethu. It was, however, the success of hisfilm Wanted: Dead and Alive, remade from the Tamil Pokkiri, that got Salmanlooking closely at hits from the south.After a rather lacklustre 2008, Salman’s first film of2009, Wanted: Dead and Alive, brought him right back to Bollywood’s bigleague. Directed by choreographer-turned-director Prabhudeva, Wanted was remadefrom the Telugu hit, Pokkiri, starring Mahesh Babu. The Telugu version, though,was a remake of Ilayathalapathi Vijay’s film of the samename.PostDabangg, Salman has been busy with Ready. Directed by Anees Bazmee, Ready, alsostarring Asin, is the remake of the 2008 Telugu hit of the same name thatstarred Ram and Genelia.As if to make themost of the pairing of Salman and Sonakshi Sinha, which is still fresh inaudience’s minds, the duo will be seen in the remake of the Telugu flickKick, to be called Kick in its Hindi version as well. The original starred RamTeja and Ileana.Bodyguard brought Nayanthara back to Malayalam films after along break. The Dileep-starrer also happens to be the next south flick thatSalman Khan’s in. To be directed by Siddique, the maker of the originalBodyguard and its Tamil version, Kaavalan, My Love Story will see Salman pair upagain with Kareena Kapoor, after Kyon Ki... and Main Aurr MrsKhanna.Ifrumour mills are to be believed, three Bollywood A-listers, Salman Khan, AkshayKumar and Saif Ali Khan, are fighting for the rights of the Telugu film DonSeenu. The original, directed by Gopichand Malineni, starring Ravi Teja, AnjanaSukhani and Mahesh Manjrekar, is the biggest Telugu hit of the year sofar.Check out Salman Khan’s HomepageFollow us on Twitter for more stories