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Remakes in Bollywood are not new. While some are attributed, others have often been embroiled in controversies for plagiarism. So naturally, when the Bollywood remake of the hit Hollywood film The Fault in Our Stars was announced, it got everyone talking. While the initial announcement was made in 2014, the news only grabbed eyeballs recently when the lead actors set to play the beloved characters were finalised. While Sanjana Sanghi of Rockstar fame will play Hazel, Sushant Singh Rajput has been chosen for the role of Augustus.
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American fans were also quite excited, especially for the fact that AR Rahman was the music director.
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However, Indian fans couldn’t help but use the opportunity to warn them that it was hardly anything to be excited about as most remakes have bombed at the box office in the past! While some asked the makers “not to ruin their favourite film”, a few others questioned, “Why original content is rare in Bollywood these days?”
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Given some of the bad experiences in the past, it is understandable why movie buffs are anxious. From Hrithik Roshan’s Bang Bang adapted from Tom Cruise’s Knight and Day to Salman Khan’s Kyon Ki that was adapted from the iconic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — most of the films in the past were quite a disaster.
