Selfie Movies: Selfie of the Year: Celebrating Akshay Kumar’s Best Recent Films
Updated February 24, 2024, 6:03 PM IST
Akshay Kumar shines in Karan Johar’s ‘Selfie’, a refreshing remake of the Malayalam hit ‘Driving License’. With subtle acting and witty storytelling, it marks Kumar’s year of resurgence in the film industry.
Karan Johar’s selfie, released on February 24 last year, sank in the Akshay Kumar starrer’s ocean onslaught.
It’s a shame because this is how remakes should be. Rather than being a blind scene-by-scene copy of the extremely watchable Malayalam film Driving License, Selfie extracts its own energy from the source material and gives us a hilarious film. Akshay Kumar, who plays superstar Vijay Kumar, is at times arrogant, at times irrational, but at other times surprisingly compassionate, and every bit as brilliantly nuanced as Prithviraj Sukumaran in the original. selfie It has its own flow and rhythm of life energy. This adaptation is a sharp, clever, fascinating and wicked film. For example, superstar Vijay Kumar’s latest hits are “Hold Your Breath” and “Don’t Angry Me.” For those who came late, this is a phrase from Akshay Kumar’s Rowdy Rathod.
Whether it’s playing a humble superstar who folds his arms in front of fans, a worried team leader, or a “sparkling” wife (Diana Penty, extremely charming even in the little things she has to do) Even playing the role of a doting husband, Akshay made us forget about him. In his last 6-7 movies he has given a languid performance.
Selfiee is an intelligent and witty remake of the Malayalam film Driving License. The original version starred Prithviraj Sukumaran as an arrogant superstar who is taught a lesson in an unexpected way by a motor vehicle inspector played by Suraj Venjaramudu. The original film, written by Sassy, was witty, brutally satirical, and engaging until the end.
The original director was Jean Paul Lal. The remake will be directed by Raj Mehta of Dharma Productions, who directed two of Karan Johar’s hit films. good news and Jug Jugjiyo. selfie He should have scored a hat trick. The spelling of the meter may be unstable. But he certainly knows how to make movies.
Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi play the dual lead roles.Like two lions in the jungle, fencing each other in a version where they can sniff out each other’s weaknesses and fight back immediately. Prisoner of Zenda There the sword is replaced by a barbed taunt. The aim was right.
selfie It’s not a faithful remake. Author Rishabh Sharma has made many changes to suit the pan-Indian palate. And since the remake is independent from the original, even Malayali viewers will like it.
The plot has some of the most unexpected somersaults in the story. Akshay Kumar has been recently spotted acting in the wrong movie. This is not it.
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