There’s no magic in Remakes : Kajol

Bollywood actress Kajol is known for her bubbly on-screen as well as off-screen personality. The actress never shies away from expressing her unabashed opinions and calling spade a spade during her media interactions. With the fad of filmmakers remaking iconic and classic movies, during a recent interview, Kajol shared that the audience will be disappointed if her movies Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G) were to be remade today. 

Kajol, who has starred in both ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ and ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, does not want the film to be rebooted. when she was asked to share her views about the DDLJ remake, Kajol added, "My personal opinion is that I don’t think that films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge should be remade. I feel the same for K3G (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham; 2001). I feel that magic can only be created once. If you recreate it, it just fizzles out and it won’t have the same feel." The actress even asserted that the remake will lead to comparisons with the original, and it will leave the audience disappointed to some extent. "You’ll always be disappointed regardless of how well it is portrayed and done. Magic has a feel to it. Films give you that feel. You feel something when you watch them for the first time and nothing replicates that feeling." 

She went on to add that fans of the original are bound to be disappointed after watching the remake. “You’ll always be disappointed regardless of how well it is portrayed and done. Magic has a feel to it. Films give you that feel. You feel something when you watch them for the first time and nothing replicates that feeling,” she said.

On the work front, Kajol was last seen in Revathy-directed Salaam Venky. The actress will next be seen in The Good Wife and Lust Stories 2.