Jason Statham Birthday Special: From 슬롯사이트˜Snatch슬롯사이트� to 슬롯사이트˜War슬롯사이트�, 5 Movies of Action Star That Got Bollywood Remakes Starring Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Hrithik Roshan and More!

Jason Statham has established himself as one of Hollywood's most reliable action stars; the success of this year's The Beekeeper is solid proof of that. Born on July 26, 1967, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, Statham had initially pursued a career in diving, even representing England at the Commonwealth Games. His transition into슬롯 머신 사이트 추천movies슬롯 머신 사이트 추천was marked by his collaboration with director Guy Ritchie, who cast him in the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. and later on Snatch in 2000, both turning out to be cult classics. The actor and director also had other collaborations in슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Revolver,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 Wrath of Man and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, albeit with lesser acclaim and earnings.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Beekeeper Movie Review: Too Many Bee Puns Spoil Jason Statham's 'John Wick' Party!슬롯 머신 사이트 추천

It was his focus on doing more action roles that helped Jason Statham, or as the fans call him, 'The Stat', create a space for himself in British cinema as well as in Hollywood. His career슬롯 머신 사이트 추천skyrocketed as he became the face of several hit franchises like The Fast and the Furious, The Meg, Crank, Mechanic, Transporter, The Expendables et al.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천While he is overtly concentrating on taking names and kicking ass in the movies, Statham also takes occasional ventures into other genres, like when he returned to comedy with the 2015 film슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Spy슬롯 머신 사이트 추천and ended up stealing the show despite being in a supporting role.

Some of his popular films have also been remade in Bollywood. So on the occasion of Jason Statham's 57th birthday, we look at five movies of his that got remade in Bollywood.

1. 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'

Remade as: Phir Hera Pheri

Jason Statham's debut film as an actor got a loose remake in Neeraj Vora-directed Hera Pheri sequel, starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal. The plotline where the down-on-luck protagonists find a bag of loot belonging to criminals is lifted from the Guy Ritchie film.

Even the last scene, in which Akshay's character dangles on a bridge and tries to push a stolen gun into the river without knowing its true value, is lifted from the British film.

2. 'Snatch'

Remade as: Fool & Final

Snatch remains Guy Ritchie's best film. It is an ensemble black comic thriller with a cast that includes Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro, Stephen Graham, and Vinnie Jones. The film received a less favourable Hindi remake in Ahmed Khan's Fool슬롯 머신 사이트 추천& Final, which was quite the box office bomb despite its colourful promos and songs.

At least, the film boasted an impressive cast in Sunny Deol,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Shahid Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Sameera Reddy, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Arbaaz Khan, Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Chunkey Pandey, and Jackie Shroff. Vivek Oberoi had played Statham's role in the remake.

3. 'The Italian Job'

Remade as: Players

The fun trivia is that The Italian Job itself is inspired by a 1969 film of the same name, though it changes the plot considerably. The movie had Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron in the lead roles, while슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Edward Norton, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Mos Def, and Donald Sutherland were part of the ensemble. Abbas-Mustan remade this film in Hindi as the 2012 film Players.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The Expendables 4 Movie Review: Time to Bid Goodbye to the Franchise, Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham!

The movie starred Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Sikandar Kher, and Omi Vaidya. Kheri played Statham's role in the remake.

4. 'Cellular'

Remade as:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Speed

Jason Statham played the antagonist in this 2004 thriller, directed by슬롯 머신 사이트 추천David R Ellis, that also starred Chris Evans,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Kim Basinger,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천William H Macy and Jessica Biel. The movie was about a kidnapped woman who manages to contact a total stranger through a broken telephone that allows her to call only him. It was remade in Hindi in 2007슬롯 머신 사이트 추천by Vikram Bhatt.

Speed starred슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Zayed Khan, Sanjay Suri, Urmila Matondkar, Aftab Shivdasani, Aashish Chaudhary and Tanushree Dutta, with Aftab stepping into Statham's shoes here. The film was a critical and commercial failure. PS: Cellular also partly inspired Mohanlal's Malayalam comic-thriller Hallo, which coincidentally came the same year as Speed.

5. 'War'

Remade as:슬롯 머신 사이트 추천War

In 2007, another Jason Statham film was made that gave Bollywood one of its big blockbusters 12 years later in a namesake inspiration. The슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 Philip G Atwell film reunited Jason Statham with his The One co-star Jet Li in a twisty슬롯 머신 사이트 추천action-thriller about deceptive faces, quite literally at that. In 2019, Siddharth Anand made War, which may look nothing like the Hollywood film in how it is presented, but the basic idea and even its face-swapping twist are borrowed from there.

Despite the influences, War, starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff in the lead, went on to become 2019's biggest hit. It is also part of YRF Spy Universe and is getting a sequel due in 2025, where Jr NTR replaces Tiger Shroff, and Ayan Mukerji replaces Siddharth Anand with Hrithik returning as rogue RAW agent Kabir.

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