Believe it.Here is the list of 10 Hollywood Movies Copied from Indian Movies.

Bollywood movies have been rather infamous for lifting plots from Hollywood movies. From 'Satte Pe Satta' which was heavily inspired by 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' to 'God Tussi Great Ho' that was a complete rip-off of 'Bruce Almighty', every generation has seen Bollywood films that have been 'inspired' by Hollywood. It is frustrating every time you watch a Hindi movie and find scenes that bear a strong resemblance to scenes from Hollywood movies. But did you know Hollywood has also copied Indian movies on more than once occasions?

It may come as a surprise, but there are Hollywood movies that are direct copies of Indian movies. The most recent example of this is the Hollywood movie 'Leap Year' that instantly reminds you of the hugely popular Bollywood movie 'Jab We Met'. You'll be surprised to learn how many award-winning Hollywood movies have the same plot as a few Indian movies that were released way before them. We found 10 such examples here.

Pearl Harbour – Sangam: The Love Triangle Drama in a war-torn backdrop shown in ‘Pearl Harbor’ (2001) is horridly influenced from the Indian Classic ‘Sangam’ (1964). The Hollywood movie was heavily criticised for its misleading name as it was based on a love triangle rather than on the incident of Pearl Harbor itself.

Jab We Met – Leap year: The creators of ‘Leap Year (2010)’ claim it is not a remake of ‘Jab We Met (2007),’ but the plot and scenes are way too similar for us to believe it. Both are about a talkative, silly girl who is determined to get to her boyfriend so she can propose to him. Along the way, she has to get help from a young down-on-his-luck man. They argue. They stay at a hotel and have to share a room. They fall in love. They separate. Their lives are forever changed because of their brief time together. They reunite. The end. The only differences are that "Leap Year" takes place in Ireland and focuses on Irish tradition and "Jab We Met" has musical numbers.

A Wednesday – A Common Man: A Common Man is a 2013 thriller film starring Oscar Award winner Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross and directed by Sri Lankan film makerChandran Rutnam. The film is an official remake of the Indian thriller A Wednesday! (2008), but Rutnam reworked the screenplay of this highly suspenseful thriller. A Common Man is an award winning movie that won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor awards at the Madrid International Film Festival and bronze medal in the Feature Films category at the New York Festivals’ International Television and Film Awards, three of the 119 Gold World Medals, 145 Silver, 104 Bronze, and 327 Finalist Certificates awarded that day.

Vicky Donor – Delivery man: The Delivery Man (2013) was loosely based on Vicky Donor (2012). Both the movies have the heroes donating their sperms for money and giving birth hundreds of kids. The central plot of the movies are the same.

Divorce invitation – Aahvaanam: Hollywood saw the 1997 Telegu film ‘Aahvaanam’ being remade into ‘Divorce Invitation’. Both the movies had the same director, SV Krishan Reddy. Who ventured into Hollywood with the 2012 English romantic comedy, Divorce Invitation.

Just Go With It – Maine Pyaar Kyu Kiya: ‘Just Go With It’ (2011), the Jen Anniston and Adam Sandler movie is a copy of ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’ (2005)? Though both of them have been inspired ‘Cactus Flower’, they still differ from the original considerably. The resemblance between ‘Just Go With It’ and ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’, however, is uncanny.

Darr- Fear: ‘Darr’ is one of Bollywood's biggest successes. Shah Rukh Khan created a character no one will copy. Only in ‘Darr’ do you wish the crazy stalker would win the girl and the protective husband would die. ‘Darr’ inspired ‘Fear,’ but many scenes are very similar. The biggest difference is the stalker becomes the boyfriend, whereas in ‘Darr’ the poor crazy stalker doesn't get a chance with the girl. The obvious proof that ‘Fear’ is a remake is when the stalker carves the girl's name on his chest, which famously originated in ‘Darr’.

Rangeela – Win A Date With Tad Hamilton: ‘Rangeela’ (1995) is about a lovable loser who can't compete with a famous actor when it comes to winning the affections of a certain girl. ‘Win a Date With Tad Hamilton’ (2004) is about the exact same thing. The biggest difference is that in ‘Win a Date With Tad Hamilton’ the girl wins a date with Tad Hamilton. In ‘Rangeela,’ the girl earns an audition for a part in the actor's new movie.

Hitch – Chhoti Si Baat: ‘Hitch’ (2005) was inspired by the Bollywood film ‘Chhoti Si Baat,’ although no one has said so publicly. ‘Chhoti Si Baat’ (1975) is about a shy man who wants to woo a certain woman. He tries to mimic a charming, suave ladies man, but fails hopelessly. He gets help from a man who makes it his business to help people change their lives. ‘Hitch’ takes the two characters supporting the lovelorn guy and turns them into one, played by Will Smith.

Kill Bill – Abhay: It seems Tarantino was inspired by the animation sequence in the 2001 Tamil film ‘Aalavanthan’ (Hindi: Abhay) . The Kill Bill ‘O-Ren Ishii Japanese’ animation sequence was adapted from that. Apparently Tarantino admitted in a private conversation with Anurag Kashyap that the celebrated animation-action sequence in Kill Bill was inspired from 2001 Tamil film, Kamal Haasan starrer, Aalavanthan. Kashyap says, ‘Yes, Sight and Sound critic Naman Ramchandran first told me this. So when I met Quentin in Venice I asked him whether the Manga sequence in Kill Bill was inspired from an Indian film and he excitedly remarked, ‘Yes, I saw this Indian serial-killer film which showed violence as animated.’’ Kashyap explains, ‘There is only one Indian serial-killer film which was made before Kill Bill where violence was animated, and that was Abhay/Aalavanthan.’

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Kamal Haasan ‘ABHAY’ original scene inspired a sequence in KILL BILL (Reverse copy)

           
     

       So far we've always thought of Indian cinema as being a derivative of its western counterparts & Copying many songs ,movies,story, at least the scenes and even posters.
           So to hear that one of American cinema's most influential directors, Quentin Tarantino, director of movies like Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds, has admitted in a conversation with one of our own directors, Anurag Kashyap, that a whole sequence in one of his films is inspired by an Indian film, came as a huge and a welcome surprise.
             Apparently Tarantino admitted in a private conversation with Anurag that the celebrated animation-action sequence in Kill Bill was inspired from 2001 Hindi-Tamil film, Kamal Haasan starrer, Abhay.


When contacted, Anurag Kashyap says, "Yes, Sight and Sound critic Naman Ramchandran first told me this. So when I met Quentin in Venice I asked him whether the Manga sequence in Kill Bill was inspired from an Indian film and he excitedly remarked, 'Yes, I saw this Indian serial-killer film which showed violence as animated.'"

The director explains, "There is only one Indian serial-killer film which was made before Kill Bill where violence was animated, and that was Abhay."

               Kamal Haasan, who starred in Abhay, has his own take on the compliment. "When I did the animation action sequence 12 years ago it was seen as self-indulgent and odd by a lot of people. Now that it has been endorsed by a filmmaker of such brilliance, critics will be kinder to some of the things I attempt in my films."


If u ask anyone “who is your best movie star or superstar???”…. there may be variable answers. The Regional based audience love there own ‘Wood’ actors or any b-town star. Remember there are many languages in india so do many Film industries. So an astonishing actor in one region may not be promising in other. So the answer to the favorite movie star remains a paradox.

But that’s not the answer we get when you ask “WHO IS THE BEST ACTOR IN INDIA???”.The answer comes within a spark ‘KAMAL HAASAN’. He is not just a favorite to Tamil industry but a has immense respect from all other film industries including HOLLYWOOD  as one of the finest actor.Not just the audience even most of the filmy actors including accept this fact.   No doubt, He is the iron man of indian cinema & the most brilliant actor indian silver screen has ever witnessed. 

Recent allegations on Kamal Haasan’s  Vishwaroopam forced me to post this article to prove a glimpse of his brilliance.

NOW WATCH THE REVERSE COPIED SCENE

 

courtesy: ndtv.com . poster: cinejosh.com

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Bombay Theme song copied in Hollywood Movie & 4 other songs (Reverse copying)

 

This is the 4th Reverse copied song out of 15

 

Its time for CopyCatsRevealed to pay tribute to the ‘Mozart of Madras’- A R Rahaman. We gonna post a series of 15 songs Reverse copied by other foreign artists from Rahman’s original compositions.

 

Song  : Theme Music & song

Movie : Bombay(1995)

Music : A.R.Rahman

 

We all know that Rahman has won two Oscars for his composition in Slum Dog Millionaire(2009). He Rose to an instant global fame after winning the Oscars (of course he is globally renowned even before the Oscars ).

 

it’s a routine for CCR loyal readers & visitors to see the songs copied by our music directors from other languages(mostly foreign). We had a bunch of such copycatworks and had posted many. But for the first time since our launch we are posting a series of songs copied by foreign artists from the original compositions of Rahman ,a tribute on his b’day and we call it Reverse Copying.

    Since its release, the soundtrack for Bombay has been influential, both nationally and internationally. The soundtrack also found success across India in its dubbed Hindi and Telugu versions. In 2007, the soundtrack was included in The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list,^[4] and the Hindi version of the song "Kannalane", titled "Kehna Hi Kya", was included in their "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list in 2009

 

        The track’Bombay Theme’ became an internationally sensational work and has featured in several compilations. It was also sampled by many major artists. Major compilation albums on which it was appeared include

 Chakra Seven Centers (1995; in which it was credited as "Ajna Chakra"),

Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997)

, Café del Mar Vol 5 (1998),

Ambient Chillout Mix Vol. 1 (2002) and

 Paradisiac 2 .  as per wiki

 

The track is alternatively credited as "Bombay Theme Tune," "Mumbai Theme Tune" or "Bombay Theme Music" in compilations.

 

It was featured in the Palestinian film Divine Intervention in 2002, and in the Nicolas Cage film Lord of War, in 2005.

 

Theme is used by Loewenherz Bis in his song ‘Die Ewigkeit’

Theme is used by Loyd Banks in his song ‘Rather by me’

Now we gonna Reveal the ‘Bombay Theme’ used in Lord of War Movie.

The song sampled by Lloyd banks for his song ‘Rather be me’

song is used by  Loewenherz Bis in his song ‘Die Ewigkeit’

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GentleMan-‘andamanta’ song copied by french album & movie (Reverse copying)

 

Its time for CopyCatsRevealed to pay tribute to the ‘Mozart of Madras’- A R Rahaman. We gonna post a series of 15 songs Reverse copied by other foreign artists from Rahman’s original compositions.

 

This is the 3nd Reverse copied song out of 15.

 

Song  : Kontedanni katuko (Suhana lagta hai' in Hindi!)

Movie : Gentleman(1993)

Music : A.R.Rahman

 

          We all know that Rahman has won two Oscars for his composition in Slum Dog Millionaire(2009). He Rose to an instant global fame after winning the Oscars (of course he is globally renowned even before the Oscars ).

 

         it’s a routine for CCR loyal readers & visitors to see the songs copied by our music directors from other languages(mostly foreign). We had a bunch of such copycatworks and had posted many. But for the first time since our launch we are posting a series of songs copied by foreign artists from the original compositions of Rahman ,a tribute on his b’day and we call it Reverse Copying.

              Now coming to the actual story, the song ‘Kontedanni katuko’ (called 'Roop Suhana lagta hai' in Hindi!) from Gentleman(1993) is used by "Pilotes Automatiques," their French rap remix of the Tamil song "Ottagathai Kattiko" from the Tamil film Gentleman composed by A. R. Rahman was a huge underground success in France.The resulting remix "Pilotes Automatique" appeared in the film Sheitan as per wiki.The hip-hop track is part of La Caution's 2005 album, 'Arc En Ciel Pour Dal Toniens'

song: Pilotes Automatiques

Artist : la caution

P.S: Now, a few pertinent questions. Does the French album include a credit to Rahman? But the answers to this question remains unavailable.(intrested guys can google it). So not sure whether to call it a copy or not.

 

Now we gonna Reveal the original & remixed(copied) version of ‘andhamanta ichuko’

 

Now listen to the remixed or copied song

 

 

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Bombay-‘Gumsum’ song used in Turntables by ciaria

 

Its time for CopyCatsRevealed to pay tribute to the ‘Mozart of Madras’- A R Rahaman. We gonna post a series of 15 songs Reverse copied by other foreign artists from Rahman’s original compositions.

 

This is the 2nd Reverse copied song out of 15.

 

Song  : Gumsum Gumsum (kehna hi hey)

Movie : Bombay(1995)

Music : A.R.Rahman

 

We all know that Rahman has won two Oscars for his composition in Slum Dog Millionaire(2009). He Rose to an instant global fame after winning the Oscars (ofcourse he is globally renowned even before the Oscars ).

 

it’s a routine for CCR loyal readers & visitors to see the songs copied by our music directors from other languages(mostly foreign). We had a bunch of such copycatworks and had posted many. But for the first time since our launch we are posting a series of songs copied by foreign artists from the original compositions of Rahman ,a tribute on his b’day and we call it Reverse Copying.

 

The song Gumsum Gumsum (kehna hi hey in hindi) was a heartthrob tune to many music lovers even today. it’s a one in a million song which stuck to our hearts and brings a smile to our face even in worse situations. Music has no boundaries and no death. may be this aspect of it suits to rahman’s songs and an apt example for it is ‘gumsum gumsum’.

 

May be impressed by its tune , The Hindi version of the song was also sampled by Ciara for her 2009 song "Turntables", featuring Chris Brown. Ciara used the original song in the first 15 seconds and between a few raps in the middle. It’s a case of tribute to Rahman ,by using a mere regional low budget movie soundtrack in a pop song by a globally famous pop star.  

 

P.S: This is more of a case of sampling of songs into another rather than  copying as the credits are mentioned in the album as per wiki Bombay theme – Turnables .So don’t call it a copy ,rather it’s a tribute to Rahman’s talent.

 

Song : Turntables(2009)

Artist : ciara

Note: Don’t miss first 15 seconds

Now we gonna Reveal original and inspired songs

original song..

bombay

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Slum Dog…Ringa Ringa song copied by SyS Bjerre(Reverse copying)

 

Its time for CopyCatsRevealed to pay tribute to the ‘Mozart of Madras’- A R Rahaman. We gonna post a series of 15 songs Reverse copied by other foreign artists from Rahman’s original compositions.

 

This is the 1st Reverse copied song out of 15.

 

Song  : Ringa Ringa

Movie : Slum Dog Millionaire(2009)

Music : A.R.Rahaman

 

We all know that Rahman has won two Oscars for his composition in Slum Dog Millionaire(2009). He Rose to an instant global fame after winning the Oscars (ofcourse he is globally renowned even before the Oscars ).

 

it’s a routine for CCR loyal readers & visitors to see the songs copied by our music directors from other languages(mostly foreign). We had a bunch of such copycatworks and had posted many. But for the first time since our launch we are posting a series of songs copied by foreign artists from the original compositions of Rahman ,a tribute on his b’day and we call it Reverse Copying.

 

The song Ringa Ringa from Slum Dog Millionaire(2009) was a descent and rough composition by rahman which   . But the a Danish singer & song-writer named Sys Bjerre copied ‘ringa ringa’ for her "Alle mine veninder". This song makes us feel like a urban version of ‘ringa ringa’. She retro-mixed & made a fine polish to the original to suit her native style.

 

Song : Alle mine veninder(2009)

Artist : Sys Bjerre

 

Now we gonna Reveal both copied & the original songs.

 

 

Now listen to the original song-‘Ringa Ringa’

 

slum dog millionaire

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