 Furthermore, to capitulate on the hit pair of Vikram and Laila, a 1997 Malayalam film they had starred in together, "Ithu Oru Snehagadha" was dubbed and released in Tamil as "Thrill".The film was later remade in Telugu in the year 2002 as "Sreeram" with Uday Kiran and Anita Hassanandani in the lead roles, while it was also remade as "Dum" in Hindi in 2003, starring Vivek Oberoi and Diya Mirza in the lead roles.In 2004, "Dhill" was also dubbed and released in Telugu despite an original version in "Sreeram" already in existence, but still performed well at the box office.