Akshay’s ‘Khel Khel Mein’ also got a remake! ‘Perfect Stranger’ has been made 27 times worldwide

Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan starrer film ‘Khel Khel Mein’ will be released in theaters on August 15. Recently its trailer was released, which was really fun. It felt like something new would be seen. People also said that Akshay will make a ‘great comeback’ with this movie. But naive people did not know that this film is also a remake. Nothing is original. Let us tell you where you can watch the original film. Actually, Akshay Kumar’s film Khel Khel Mein is a remake of the 2016 Italian film Perfetti Sconosciuti. The English name of this film is Perfect Strangers. This movie has been remade 26 times in 8 years. The Guinness Book of Records has also considered it the most remade film. In 2023, it was told that 24 remakes of it have been made. These include ‘Nothing to Hide’ (French), ‘Intimate Strangers’ (Korean), ‘Kill Mobile’ (Mandarin), ‘Loud Connection’ (Russian) and ‘Wild Game’ (Icelandic). Films made in many languages ​​like Arabic, Romanian, Hebrew and German were titled Perfect Strangers.

Where can you watch Perfect Strangers

At the same time, this film was adapted three times by Indian makers. Its official remake was made in Kannada, which was named ‘Loudspeaker’. When it was made in Malayalam as ’12th Man’ and in Telugu, it was named ‘Richie Gadi Pelli’ but no credit was given. And now this film is going to be made in Hindi. You can easily watch this Italian film on Amazon Prime Video, which is available under the name Perfect Strangers. However, you cannot watch it in Hindi. Because it is available only in Italian language. But if your English is good then you can watch it with English subtitles.

What is the story of Perfect Strangers?

‘Perfect Strangers’ is a comedy-drama film. It is directed by Paolo Genovese. It was released in Italy on 11 February 2016. It won many awards. After which it was remade in more than 20 countries. Its story is exactly like the trailer of Akshay’s movie. Seven close friends gather for a dinner party. Before eating, a friend says that if they all read each other’s phone messages, then surely many couples will separate. There is a debate on this and later they agree. Now during this, many times the friends read each other’s messages aloud, which reveals a lot of secrets. But after the party ends, everyone becomes normal, as if nothing has happened.

A remake of Perfect Strangers was not made in Hollywood

Now the surprising thing about this Italian film is that it has been remade in every language but its Hollywood remake has not been made. This is because the English language rights were bought by the Weinstein Company in 2017. But due to the company suffering huge financial losses, its production was postponed for a long time.