Bollywood films which are remake of Marathi films

Bollywood has evolved and come a long way ever since its inception and with remakes becoming a trend with today's filmmakers and audiences, the film industry has been remaking films from various other industries for decades now. One industry that has inspired and given many a blockbuster and has made its mark is none other than the Marathi film industry. Here is a list of few Marathi films which have been remade in Bollywood.

Co-produced and directed by Shreya Talpade, upcoming film 'Poster Boys' which stars Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Shreyas himself in lead roles is a remake of the Marathi film 'Poshter Boyz', which released in 2014. The original Marathi version saw Dilip Prabhavalkar, Hrishikesh Joshi, and Aniket Vishwasrao in pivotal roles making a good run at the box-office. The film is inspired by a real life incident about three porters who found their pictures on a vasectomy poster and the chaos that happens in their life after it.

The 2009 multi-starrer comedy film 'Paying Guests' which featured Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jafferi, Aashish Chaudhary, Vatsal Sheth, Celina Jaitly, Neha Dhupia and Riya Sen in lead roles was a remake of the 1988 Marathi film 'Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi'. Sachin Pilgaonkar directed 'Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi' had Sachin himself teaming up with maverick Marathi actors like Ashok Saraf and Laxmikant Berde to give the audience a laugh-riot. There are faint rumours of a sequel being in process of the 2009 film floating for quite a while now, so now let's just keep our fingers crossed and wait for the official announcement to come in soon.

Priyadarshan's 2006 comedy–mystery film 'Bhagam Bhag' starring Govinda, Akshay Kumar, and Paresh Rawal, which received a great response at the box-office had the final climax plot taken from 1999 thriller Marathi film 'Bindhaast'. The plot of 'Bindhaast' revolves around two girls, who were wrongly charged with a murder of an unknown man and how they prove their innocence. Priyadarshan's Bollywood version which was extensively shot in the United Kingdom even featured Lara Dutta, Jackie Shroff and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles.

Satish Rajwade's 2014 romantic-comedy 'Mumbai Delhi Mumbai' which starred Shiv Pandit and Pia Bajpai in lead roles was an adaptation of his own Marathi movie 'Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai' but unlike its Marathi version, the Bollywood flick couldn't make a mark at the box-office. The film is a love story about two people from different cities and how their competitive spirits get them together. The Marathi version had Mukta Barve and Swwapnil Joshi in main leads.