For instance, both movies set out to resurrect the sagging careers of former superstars.
But calling Gabbar Singh a remake of Dabangg is as unfair to the former as it is to the latter, a film that nicely merged art and commerce, packaging old wine in a new bottle so chic you gained new respect for the wine. Gabbar Singh is basically an adaptation of Dabangg to the Telugu market, which means that it is a film made the only way our filmmakers know how to – rather want to - make one.