Remakes hit jackpot in Sandalwood

It was a first in the Kannada Film Industry that remakes raked in the maximum moolah at the box office.

Even big stars like Kichcha Sudeep opted for remake to set the cash registers ringing.

Gandhinagar circles are abuzz with talks of how 20 movies released in 2014 in Kannada were remakes of movies made in other south Indian languages.

The remakes in Kannada that reaped maximum benefits were...

Sudeep's Maanikya, a remake of Telugu hit Mirchi starring Prabhas

Crazy Star Ravichandran's Drushya, a remake of the Malayalam hit Drishyam

Puneet Rajkumar's Power ***, a remake of the Telugu hit Dookudu featuring Superstar Mahesh Babu

Real Star Upendra's Super Ranga, a remake of the Telugu hit Kick starring Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja in the lead role