Anurag Kashyap’s Taapsee Pannu Starrer Dobaraa Is A Remake Of The Spanish Time-Travel Drama, Mirage - EXCLUSIVE

The original Spanish film entitled Mirage directed by Oriol Paulo is a time-travel drama about a young mother trying to excavate her a daughter from the past. The film is available on Netflix.

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Anurag Kashyap’s Taapsee Pannu Starrer Dobaraa Is A Remake Of The Spanish Time-Travel Drama, Mirage - EXCLUSIVE
Anurag Kashyap, one of the most original voices among contemporary directors, would be remaking a foreign language film, for his next Bollywood adventure. In his underproduction Dobaraa  Kashyap is doing a remake of  a Spanish film. His first attempt to adapt from foreign sources.

The original Spanish film entitled Mirage directed  by Oriol Paulo is  a time-travel  drama about a young mother trying to excavate her a daughter from the past. The  film is available on Netflix. 

According to  sources,  one of the  film’s producers bought the remake rights of three  of  Oriol Paulo’s Spanish films  together. One of them The Invisible  Guest was remade into Hindi as Badlaa and  featured Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan,playing a murderous game against one another. Also read: Taapsee Pannu Talks About Marriage Plans; Actor Reveals ‘I Wouldn't Get Married To Someone My Parents Are Not Okay With’

Dobaraa is therefore Ms Pannu’s second remake of  an Oriol Paulo film. The  third  entitled The  Body was remade with Rishi Kapoor in the lead  two years ago.

In a country brimming over with  a rich literary heritage  filmmakers known for their  original works are now adapting from foreign  sources. What do you think about this?


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