MUMBAI: Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey is a remake of a Telugu film of the same name, starring Superstar Nani. In the recent past, with the success of regional films like Pushpa: The Rise, KGF Chapter 1, the Baahubali series, and more recently, RRR, there has been a conversation around how films made in regional languages and released in Hindi are challenging Bollywood movies at the ticket window.

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Shahid’s biggest hit Kabir Singh was also a remake of another Telugu film, Arjun Reddy, starring Vijay Deverakonda. The Jersey actor feels it is a good thing that art is widening the horizon and the audience is accepting it. After all, that's what art is supposed to do.

Talking about the Bollywood vs South cinema debate, Shahid asserts, "I also feel this phrase 'South films' is very misused. It is a large part of our country. There is Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. They have their own cinema and they all make wonderful films.”

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“We should say that this is a Telugu remake. There are a lot of Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films that are remade. It is important to just have a slightly wider view of things and we can always learn and gain from each other. Why do we look at it as one and the other? Why aren’t we all together? We are a community,” he further adds.

“Now, even language and culture don’t separate us. So, we can do better work together, and that is amazing. They deserve all the positive appreciation and acknowledgment that they are getting. We should all be gracious about it,” the Kabir Singh actor concluded. 

Credit: India Today