Seven years after Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage saved the city of San Francisco from a deadly chemical attack in the film The Rock (1996), Bollywood lifted the plot and showed Ajay Devgn and Aashish Chaudhary saving Mumbai from similar attacks by Arbaaz Khan and Sanjay Kapoor in Qayamat (2003). Mere Yar Ki Shaadi hai was copied from My Best Friend’s Wedding. When Uday Chopra decides to sabotage his best friend, Tulip Joshi’s marriage with Jimmy Shergill in the 2002 film, audience were quick to point out way too many similarities with the 1997 Hollywood film My Best Friend’s wedding. Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and My Best Friend’s Wedding Salman Khan reprised the role of Jim Carrey from Bruce Almighty in God Tussi Great Ho Pyar Toh Hona Hi Tha was a hit in India, while the original French Kiss was a box office dud.Įven though director Rohit Dhawan of God Tussi Great Ho (2008) maintained the film was inspired from a folktale about a Brahmin boy, but, critics and reviewers found the Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra starrer similar to the 2003 comedy, Bruce Almighty starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston. Perhaps that’s why the makers of its successful Bollywood version (1998) never admitted that the film was based on the Hollywood film. Doubtfire.įrench Kiss (1995) starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline was never a big hit in the West. Chachi 420 took its plot from Robbin Williams starrer Mrs.
Although there are many differences in the plot, the film broadly revolves around similar premise to the Hollywood counterpart, where a father cross dresses as a housemaid to remain close to his kids. Starring Kamal Hassan, the comedy film Chachi 420 (1997) was inspired from Mrs Doubtfire (1993) starring Robin Williams. Murder was a copy of Diane Laine starrer Unfaithful. The Bollywood film which released in 2004 was lifted from the popular Hollywood film, which talks about extra marital affairs. Two years after Diane Lane and Olivier Martinez created waves with their intimate scenes in the romantic thriller Unfaithful (2002), actors Emraan Hashmi and Mallika Sherawat created a similar furore in Murder. Satte Pe Satta starring Amitabh Bachchan was lifted from 1954 film Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.
Popular comedy film Satte Pe Satta (1982) starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini, along with an ensemble cast, was a copy of Hollywood’s Seven Brides for Seven Sisters starring Howard Keel, which released in 1954. Satte Pe Satta and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Kaante was a copy of 1998 film Reservoir Dogs. Things turned ugly, when lawyers for the film 1998 film Reservoir Dogs realised that the plot was completely copied from the Harvey Keitel starrer. Sanjay Gupta’s 2002 directorial became a cult classic that showed actors Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty rob a bank.
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