Urmila Matondkar, who became a household name in Bollywood with Ram Gopal Varma’s Rangeela, opened up about the classic getting a potential remake.
She expressed that there is no ‘hard and fast rule’ about what kind of a film should be remade, however, she confessed that remakes are ‘great’ while others fail to impress.
In Rangeela (1995), Matondkar played Mili, a woman from a middle-class family, who aspires to be an actor. Mili then gets entangled in a love triangle as her childhood friend Munna (Aamir Khan) and the lead actor of her film, Raj (Jackie Shroff), both fall for her. The film received ample critical acclaim and became a blockbuster.
Asked how she would felt if Rangeela was remade, Matondkar told the Times of India, “I think it's a little unfair to take one rule for all. Some of the remakes turn out to be great and some don't hit the mark because you can't forget the original.”
“Those films were big because we had made such an impact on the audience's minds. It's very difficult for any actor or maker to recreate that every time. So, some of them really work and some of them don't; I don't think there's any hard and fast rule whether they should be made or not made. Even in Hollywood, it's the same thing,” she added.
Matondkar began her career as a child artiste, with films such as Masoom and Karm. She made her debut as a lead star with Narasimha in 1991. She acted in films such as Judaai, Satya, Khoobsurat, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, Bhoot and Ek Hasina Thi.
After ruling Bollywood for several years, Matondkar made a comeback of sorts on the big screen with a special song in Abhinay Deo’s Blackmail, which released in 2018. She appeared in the song Bewafa Beauty.
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