Okay I have watched both. Interesting but I find the second one better as it required much more acting skills and was more realistic eventhough some may find it a bit too weepy. But here again if someone is watching the movie from the begining to the end it would be a lot different as the audience love to see the bad guy being beaten to pulp ( eventhough it is all acting).
Yup the second one is better. Mammootty is amazing in potraying sadness. You will cry with him when he cries, that's what makes him a great actor:)
In 1993 Priyadarshan remade 'Kireedom' in Hindi as 'Gardish', starring Jackie Shroff and Amrish Puri, consolidating his Bollywood career. First film to be produced by Amithab Bachan as he got inspired watching the original.