[Lok Parlok South Movie In Hindi
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Lok Parlok is a Telugu-language fantasy comedy film directed by E. Satti Babu. The film's original title is Yamudiki Mogudu, however, when the movie was dubbed into Hindi, it was released as Lok Parlok. The film follows the story of a man called Naresh who was born without human problems like death or disease, due to a mistake made by Lord Brahma.
Naresh falls in love with the daughter of Yama himself, and wants to be with her against his wishes. When Yama fails to kill Naresh, he realises that even though he can't kill the man, his family is still mortal. Naresh then has to sacrifice everything, in order to save his family from Lord Yama.
Lok Parlok south movie cast includes Telugu actor, Allari Naresh. The actor is known for his comedy films which have been commercial successes such as Allari, Thotti Gang, Kithakithalu, Gamyam and many more. The actor has appeared in over 55 films so far. Allari Naresh plays the character of Naresh, a boy born without human attributes like death and disease. He falls in love with Lord Yama's daughter and butt's heads with him throughout the movie.
The cast of Lok Parlok also includes actress, Richa Panai who appears in Bollywood, Tollywood, Mollywood in various films. Richa has appeared in several movies like Sandwich, Lava Kusa, Traffic, Chandamama Kathalu, and more. Panai essays the character of Yamaja, the daughter of Lord Yama. She falls in love with Naresh and constantly tries to win him over until he reciprocates her feelings.
Lok Parlok south movie cast also includes Sayaji Shinde who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, and Hindi films along with several Marathi plays. Shinde has appeared in several films in the all-mentioned film industries over the course of his vast career and has won several awards. Sayaji plays the role of Lord Yama aka Yamraj, whose daughter falls in love with Naresh. As the lord of death, and the ultimate reaper he cannot let this pass but is unable to kill Naresh due to Brahma's mistake. He dislikes Naresh and thinks he isn't good enough for his daughter.
The cast of Lok Parlok also includes Ramya Krishnan who has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramya has won four Filmfare Awards, three Nandi Awards, and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Ramya plays the role of Ayyo, the wife of Lord Yama in the film. She is the only one who supports Naresh throughout the film, as he convinces her of how much he loves her daughter.
The film features some notable names as Lok Parlok characters. Indian actor Naresh plays the role of Narada aka Narad Muni in the film while Krishna Bhagavaan essays the role of Chitragupta. The film also stars Tanikella Bharani as Royyala Naidu, Chandra Mohan as Naresh's father, Raghu Babu as Silk Dada, Satya Krishnan as Naresh's sister-in-law, Master Bharath as Yama's son, Rathna Shekar Reddy as Varuna Deva, and Chalapathi Rao as Brahma.
While the trend of making multi-lingual movies by the southern filmmakers and releasing them pan-India is the recent one, the Telugu and Tamil film industries had been contributing to the success of Bollywood for decades.
Successful stories in Tollywood and Kollywood always attracted the filmmakers from Bollywood. The leading filmmakers from the south also tried their hands and most of the times were successful in making Hindi movies with their own stories and a mixed star cast.
Well-known producer, actor and director L.V. Prasad, a Telugu, was one the pioneers who enriched the Indian cinema. He acted in India's first talkie 'Alam Ara' in 1931 and also had the distinction of acting in 'Kalidas', the first Telugu and Tamil bilingual talkie, and in first Telugu talkie 'Bhakta Prahlada'. He not only acted in Hindi and Telugu movies but also produced directed movies in various Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
The story of Bollyood adapting to the successful formulas in south goes back to 1960s. Filmmaker Dr B. Kiran Kumar recalls that several hit movies starring legendary actors N.T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nagaeswara Rao were remade in Hindi.
Telugu language comedy drama 'Ramudu Bheemudu' (1964), a story of twin brothers played by legendary N.T. Rama Rao, and directed by Tapi Chanakya was remade in Hindi as 'Ram Aur Shyam' (1967) starring thespian Dilip Kumar. Ramudu Bheemudu was also remade in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.
'Navarathri' (1966) starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao in nine roles proved a super hit. Its director T. Rama Rao, who passed away recently, was seen as the pioneer of crossover movies. Many of his family drama movies were remade in Hindi.
'Navarathri' was made in Hindi as 'Naya Din Nayi Raat' with Sanjeev Kumar playing nine roles. However, it bombed at the box office. However, this did not deter T. Rama Rao. He worked with Jeetendra for Hindi remakes of at least 10 of his hit Telugu movies.
T. Rama Rao directed 'Yamagola' (1977) starring N T. Rama Rao, which was a big hit. He directed the same story in Hindi as 'Lok Parlok' (1979) with Jeetendra in the lead. The formula worked and this marked the beginning of their association.
'Devatha' (1982) directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and starring Sobhan Babu, Sridevi and Jayaprada was remade in Hindi as 'Tohfa' (1984) with Jeetendra playing the male lead. Based on the story of two sisters who are in love with the same man, it proved a big hit.
T. Rama Rao also partnered with Rajinikanth for Hindi remarks. Tamil action movie 'Moondru Mugam' (1982) with Rajinikanth in a triple role and directed by A. Jagannathan was a blockbuster. It was remade in Hindi as 'John Jani Janardhan' (1984) and directed by T. Rama Rao but it proved a flop. 'Bulandi' (2000) a remake of 1994 Tamil hit 'Nattamai' met a similar fate. Rajinikanth had a special appearance in 'Bulandi' which starred Anil Kapoor in double role.
However, biggest success for T. Rama Rao with Rajinikanth in Hindi came with 'Andha Kanoon' (1983) which also starred Amitabh Bachchan in an extended special appearance. It was a remake of THE Tamil hit 'Satam Oru Iruttarai' (1981) starring Vijayakanth.
T. Rama Rao also directed Amitabh Bachchan in political thriller 'Inquilaab' (1984), which was Hindi remake of the Telugu film 'Eenadu' (1982) starring then super star Krishna. Interestingly, the filmmaker also made another Hindi remake of the same 'Yeh Desh' starring Jeetendra and Kamal Haasan.
Tamil filmmaker K. Balachander is also considered a pioneer of crossover concept. In 1977, he directed 'Aaina', starring Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna. It was remake of Tamil movie 'Arangetram' (1973), which revolves around a young woman who takes to prostitution to support her conservative but poor family. It marked Kamal Haasan's first adult role.
Kamal Haasan went on to play the lead in several movies directed by Balachander. The filmmaker gave Bollywood one of the biggest hits of its times with romantic tragedy 'Ek Duje Ke Liye' in 1981. With this movie, Kamal Haasan, Rati Agnihotri and Madhavi made their Bollywood debut. It was a remake of Telugu film 'Maro Charitra' (1978) which too had Kamal Haasan in the lead and deals with cross-cultural romance between a Tamil boy and Telugu girl. 'Ek Duje Ke Liye' was about romance between a Tamil boy and a Hindi-speaking girl. The film is known for Bollywood debut of singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and some of the memorable melodies.
Tamil action thriller 'Oru Kaidhiyin Diary' (1985) starring Kamal Haasan in dual role was a superhit movie. It was directed K. Bharathiraja and co-written by K. Bhagyaraj, who remade it in Hindi as 'Aakhree Raasta' (1986) with Amitabh Bachchan playing the lead.
Shankar's action thriller 'Indian' (1996) starring Kamal Haasan in dual role was dubbed in Hindi as 'Hindustani'. The celebrated director's romantic comedy 'Jeans' (1998) starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in female lead was also dubbed in Hindi. He also remade political action thriller 'Mudhalvan' (1999) starring Arjun and Manisha Koirala in Hindi as 'Nayak' (2001) with Anil Kapoor and Rani Mukerji.
Murgados' Tamil action thriller 'Ghajini' (2005) with Suriya and Asin in the lead was not only dubbed in Telugu but he also had its Hindi remake with the same name and casting Aamir Khan in the lead. Released in Hindi in 2008, it was based on the story of a businessman with short term memory loss out to avenge his girlfriend.
Ram Gopal Varma's 'Siva' (1989) based on criminialisation of student politics and starring Nagarjuna was remade in Hindi with the same star cast. He made several bilingual films like 'Raat/Raatri' (1992), 'Money' in Telugu (1993) was remade in Hindi as 'Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega' in 2001. He also made movies in Hindi and dubbed them in Telugu like 'Satya' and 'Vaastu Shastra'.
Laxman, who has been associated with the business of dubbing movies, recalled that many southern hits were dubbed into Hindi in 1980s and 1990s but the experiment did not prove successful in every case. "Lip synchronization was the toughest thing to achieve in dubbing. It was a very challenging work then. Now with several editing softwares available, dubbing has become very easy," he said.
The 1993 Malayalam psycho-suspense drama 'Manichitrathazhu' directed by Fazil has it its remakes in many languages including Tamil (Chandramukhi), Kannada (Apthamitra) and Bengali (Rajmohol). In Hindi, it was 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' directed by Priyadarshan and starring Akshay Kumar and Ameesha Patel in the lead. 'Drishyam' the 2015 Hindi film directed by Nishikant Kamat is the remake of a movie in the same same title directed by Jeethu Joseph and headlined by Mohanlal. The Malayalam movie was released in 2013.
However, realising that just dubbing a successful South movie into Hindi is not enough, the filmmakers are going for multi-lingual movies with big budget, special effects and strong content to come out with pan-India blockbusters like 'Baahubali', 'KGF' and 'Pushpa'.
NEW DELHI: The Hindi film industry is infamous for lifting Hollywood movies, but it has often been inspired by cinema content from southern India as well. With forthcoming movies like "Kambakkht Ishq", "Short Kut - The Con Is On" and "Wanted", Bollywood seems to be on a spree of remaking films made down south.
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