How many Hindi movies, have you rented on DVD or even watched in theatre, where 10 minutes in the story, you realize you have seen this movie before? How many times have you thought, oh this scene is from _____ Hollywood movie , or this Desi movie is a collage of couple of Hollywood movies! Yes , the story is still obvious, in spite of it being ‘Indianized’, the dialogues are sometimes same, just translated in Hindi, of course there is added melodrama , song and dance and desi masala.... Well, that was the time when creativity could be borrowed at no price.
Now when Hollywood and bollywood productions are getting together in a few projects and the Bollywood movies are getting worldwide viewership… It’s now time for our film industry to stop plagiarizing, and give credit to the original, besides pay to copy!
Yes, Bollywood producers are now ready to recognize good work, borrow it and give its worth and credit. It’s not that Bollywood lacks creativity, it has abundance of it, with unique and classic blockbusters. But the Indian film industry churns out 100’s to 1000 movies a year, Bollywood alone releasing twice the number than Hollywood, hence some of these movies turn out from borrowed ideas;) But now by giving credit to the original, and even paying for it, they can consider themselves as spreading and glorifying the original creative work!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/24/bollywood-pays-for-hollyw_n_266926.html
Listed here are some of the Bollywood remakes or inspirations of Hollywood movies. Add to the list…
1. Momento – Ghajini
2. Godfather - Sarkar
3. Hitch - Partner
4. Fast and Furious 1 and 2 ; Ocean’s 11 -- Dhoom1
5. Mission Impossible; Entrapment; After the Sunset;- Dhoom2-
6. Miracle- (story and dialogs) Chak de India
7. Notebook- U, Me aur Hum
8. 3 men and a Baby- Hey Baby
9. Aviator-( loose inspiration ) Guru
10. Reservoir Dogs- Kaante
11. Miracle worker- Black
12. Analyse This- Hum Kisise Kum Nahin.
13. My Best Friend's Wedding- Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
14. Bonnie and Clyde- Bunty and Bubli
15. Collateral- Killer
16. Westside Story-Josh
17. I am Sam- Main Aisa hi Hoon
18. One flew over the Cuckoos Nest- Kyon ki
19. John Q- Tathasthu
20. The Usual Suspects- Chocolate
21. What Lies Beneath- Raaz
22. Seize the day – Mohabattein
23. Consenting Adults- Ajnabee
24. Faceoff- Aks
25. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Satte Pe Satta
