‘Khel Khel Mein’: Know All About ‘Perfect Strangers’, Guinness Record-Holding Italian Movie That Inspired Akshay Kumar’s Comedy and How To Watch It Online
Mudassar Aziz’s Khel Khel Mein is hitting theatres on August 15, clashing with Amar Kaushik’s Stree 2 and Nikkhil Advani’s Vedaa. Khel Khel Mein is a multi-starrer comedy featuring Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Ammy Virk, Pragya Jaiswal, and Aditya Seal. The movie is an official remake of the 2016 Italian film Perfect Strangers. In this article, we’ll delve into this cult dramedy and explore why it has fascinated not just Bollywood but many international filmmakers. ‘Stree 2′, ’Khel Khel Mein’ or ‘Vedaa’ – Predicting Which August 15 Movie Release Will Have the Biggest Box-Office Opening Based on Their Trailers.
Perfect Strangers, originally titled Perfetti sconosciuti, is directed by Paolo Genovese and stars Giuseppe Battiston, Anna Foglietta, Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Valerio Mastandrea, Alba Rohrwacher, Kasia Smutniak, and Benedetta Porcaroli. The film revolves around seven friends, some of whom are couples, who gather for a dinner party. A relationship therapist among them suggests that many couples would fight or separate if they saw each other’s messages. When others express disbelief, she proposes a game: everyone should keep their phones unlocked on the table, and any message or call received will be read or heard aloud. As the friends agree to the game, it doesn’t take long for secrets to emerge, revealing cracks in their relationships and friendships.
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Released on February 11, 2016, Perfect Strangers received positive reviews and was a commercial success. Its suspenseful premise, single-location setting, and character deconstruction within a limited space and time attracted the attention of filmmakers worldwide.
Guinness World Record for Most Remade Film
Perfect Strangers holds the Guinness World Record for the most official remakes of a movie in multiple languages. There are 26 remakes in various languages, including Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Egyptian, and Indonesian, with two more remakes underway in Qatar and Sweden. In India, before Khel Khel Mein, Perfect Strangers was also remade in Kannada as Loudspeaker. The 2018 film, directed by Shiva Tejass, starred HG Dattatreya, Disha Dinakar, and Vijay Eshwar, among others.
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Perfect Strangers also inspired two Malayalam films. Thamar KV’s 1001 Nunakal, released in 2022, drew heavily from the Italian movie and received positive reviews. It is available on SonyLIV. Jeethu Joseph’s murder mystery 12th Man, starring Mohanlal, was loosely inspired by Perfect Strangers, particularly in the first half. The thriller was released in 2022 and is available on Disney+ Hotstar. 12th Man Movie Review: Mohanlal Turns Desi Hercule Poirot in Jeethu Joseph’s Twisty Murder-Mystery That Keeps You Guessing Till the End.
How To Watch ‘Perfect Strangers’ Online
If you want to watch the original movie, you can find Perfect Strangers on Prime Video and discover what it is about this cult film that has captivated audiences worldwide.
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