Gowri

Neither One, Nor The Other

Tamil actor Vijay has a fetish for remaking Telugu films. Somehow, Telugu film producers and directors also have an equal fetish for remaking his films in Tollywood.

But going by the mixed luck that both Vijay and Telugu producers have had with remakes, it is something of a mystery that why they are holding on to this idea limpet-like.

And when you see Gowri, which is a scene-by-scene dutiful remake of the Tamil film Thirumalai, you wonder whether the effort…