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Film remakes sound great on paper for what can be more promising than taking an already successful film, updating it, and presenting it anew. But it is more of a gamble than it appears to be. If the numbers are any indication, 90 per cent of remakes of classic or blockbuster Bollywood films fail to perform at the box office and the negative reviews that the remakes of Himmatwala , Chashme Baddoor , Zanjeer and Shaukeen , ‘Sholay’ and Karz fetched is proof. The recent remake of Coolie No 1 starring Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan failed to meet audience expectations. Not just Coolie No 1 , but other Bollywood remakes have also missed the mark in entertaining the audience. This leaves us wondering, should Bollywood touch old blockbusters and remake them? For the #BigStory of the week, we spoke to the industry to gauge their thoughts. Here’s what they had to say: