If you’re an ardent fan of South Korean movies and dramas, one thing you would know is how they ace comedy genre. Be it films or series, humour is something they are effortlessly good at. Binged recommends one such South Korean comedy drama film that would make your day. Miss Granny (2022) starring Na Moon-hee and Shim Eun-kyung in the titular roles, the film is one of South Korea’s biggest hits.
Not many would know that this film was remade in Telugu as ‘Oh! Baby’ starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Miss Granny is now streaming on Netflix India. As the original game-changer that inspired around 9 remakes in multiple Asian and European languages, Miss Granny is worthy of your time and more.
Miss Granny follows the life of Oh Mal-soon, a 74-year-old widow, who lives with her son and his family. She has a difficult relationship with her daughter-in-law Ae-ja, but is very proud of her son Hyun-chul whom she raised all by herself. One day her son informs her that she will be sent to a nursing home. A heartbroken Mal-soon wanders the streets and comes across a mysterious photo studio that claims to capture one’s youth. As she exits the studio, Mal-soon is dumbfounded by her own reflection in the mirror: she’s now a fresh, young 20-year-old woman.
Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Na Moon-hee stars as the woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self played by Shim Eun-kyung after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio. The film was remade as 20 Once Again in Chinese, Sweet 20 in Vietnamese, Sing My Life in Japanese, Suddenly Twenty in Thai, Sweet 20 in Indonesian, Miss Granny in the Philippines remake and Oh! Baby in Telugu. An American, Spanish, German and Bollywood remakes were also in development.
Most of the remakes were commercially successful including Oh! Baby that gave Samantha tremendous critical acclaim as well. Watch Miss Granny on Netflix India and let your heart smile.
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