This director gave 3 superhit films of the same title, broke many records at the box office, Salman Khan was a part of it, film is…, director name is…
The trend of remaking superhit films in another language is not new. Priyadarshan made his career in Hindi cinema by remaking his old Malayalam classics in Bollywood, and he became a famous director in Bollywood as well. Recently, Atlee rocked the box office with his first Hindi film 'Jawaan'. But, in 2010, there was a director who created a stir by releasing three remakes of his same film in a single year. This famous filmmaker made a lot of money by making the same film in three languages, with three different star casts, and all of them were blockbusters. Still, he could not enter Bollywood. The director who gave three hit remakes of the same film
Siddique Ismail, popularly known as Siddique in the film world, started his film career as Fazil's assistant in Malayalam cinema. Later, he teamed up with Lal, and the Siddique-Lal duo gave Mollywood many hits. But after their separation in the 90s, Siddique started directing films alone. In 2010, he directed 'Bodyguard', starring Dileep alongside Nayanthara and Mithra Kurian. The film was a huge box office success, leading to a demand for its remake in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. Just a few months later, Siddique produced the Tamil remake 'Kaavalan'. It starred Vijay, Asin, and Mithra Kurian. After this, director Siddique did wonders. A year before the release of 'Bodyguard', Siddique started working on the Hindi remake. Titled 'Bodyguard', the film starred Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor along with Raj Babbar and Hazel Keech. The film grossed Rs 253 crore and was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films at the time of its release. Siddiqui gave many hit films in a short time
Siddique returned to Malayalam cinema after the success of three remake films of 'Bodyguard'. He had offers from many Bollywood stars who wanted to work with him after the success of 'Bodyguard'. But Siddique had Malayalam cinema on his mind. In 2018, he again made a remake of his film 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal', a Tamil film. And in 2020, he directed his last film, 'Big Brother' starring Mohanlal and Arbaaz Khan. Siddique was suffering from liver cirrhosis in his last days and died after a prolonged illness in July 2023. He was only 55 years old.
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