Even the peppy signature tune from Bangalore Days has been used in a plot that is essentially about three cousins, Arjun (Arya), Kanan or Kutty (Bobby Simha) and Divya (Sri Divya), who find themselves in what was once called the Garden City or Pensioners’ Paradise (crowds and commerce have wiped off these titles) for one reason or the other. (AryaJamshadOfficial/Facebook)īut, otherwise, Bhaskar’s film follows Menon’s in letter and spirit. Director Bhaskar’s film follows Anjali Menon’s original in letter and spirit.
I do not think Tamils have that kind of fascination for Bangalore. Honestly, the core idea behind Menon’s work - about the average Keralite’s craze for Bangalore (Bengaluru) - does not ring true in Bhaskar’s Tamil edition. Read: Two engaging Tamil films out this weekīommarillu Bhaskar’s just opened Tamil work, Bangalore Naatkal - which is a remake of Anjali Menon’s Bangalore Days in Malayalam - also lends itself to a good measure of comparison.
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However, an intelligent actor like Kamal Haasan as the protagonist in Papanasam knew how to checkmate the tendency to compare: he said that he would infuse his character with a touch of the emotional - unlike Mohanlal in Drishyam, whose clinical precision with which he outdid cops was brilliant.
And, of course, a certain sense of novelty is lost with a remake. All the more so when movie remakes are in question, especially remakes that have come close on the heels of originals, like in the case of Drishyam in Malayalam, followed by its Tamil version, Papanasam. Cast: Arya, Bobby Simha, Rana Daggubati, Sri Divya, Samantha, Prakash RajĬomparisons are odious, but inevitable.
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