The film Hera Pheri is an official remake of this film
Siddique and Lal wrote the screenplay with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan in mind, but replaced them with Saikumar and Mukesh in the film. Because, they thought since Mohanlal-Sreenivasan is a successful combo, when the film becomes a success the credit goes to them and the film will not be known by the directors' name.