<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The Bollywood remake of the American weepie Stepmom (Chris Columbus, 1998) is a fine and rather recent example of the intercultural remake phenomenon, a study topic that is gaining more and more attention. With the aim of suggesting conclusions generally applicable to intercultural remakes, starting from the genre, through characterization, film style and narrative, the present paper examines the remake process in the case of We Are Family (Siddharth Malhotra, 2010) and Stepmom</p></abstract>

The Bollywood remake of the American weepie Stepmom (Chris Columbus, 1998) is a fine and rather recent example of the intercultural remake phenomenon, a study topic that is gaining more and more attention. With the aim of suggesting conclusions generally applicable to intercultural remakes, starting from the genre, through characterization, film style and narrative, the present paper examines the remake process in the case of We Are Family (Siddharth Malhotra, 2010) and Stepmom

Mothers, Stepmoms and the Brave New Family. Intercultural Remake and Melodrama: an Analysis of the American Stepmom and its Bollywood Remake

Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary)

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

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The Bollywood remake of the American weepie Stepmom (Chris Columbus, 1998) is a fine and rather recent example of the intercultural remake phenomenon, a study...

Mothers, Stepmoms and the Brave New Family. Intercultural Remake and Melodrama: an Analysis of the American Stepmom and its Bollywood Remake

Published Online: Jun 04, 2014

Page range: 133 - 147

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2014-0008

Keywords
intercultural remake, melodrama, Bollywood, Chris Columbus: Stepmom (1998), Siddharth Malhotra: We Are Family (2010)

© 2014

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Mothers, Stepmoms and the Brave New Family. Intercultural Remake and Melodrama: an Analysis of the American Stepmom and its Bollywood Remake

Published Online: Jun 04, 2014

Page range: 133 - 147

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2014-0008

Keywordsintercultural remake, melodrama, Bollywood, Chris Columbus: Stepmom (1998), Siddharth Malhotra: We Are Family (2010)

© 2014

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
intercultural remake, melodrama, Bollywood, Chris Columbus: Stepmom (1998), Siddharth Malhotra: We Are Family (2010)