Films Bollywood HAS Remade


What films has Bollywood remade?

Reservoir Dogs was made as Kaante (2002). Plot and scenes adheres fairly closely. And yes, lots of Bollywood style singing and dancing. My favorite scene was when, the night before the bank robbery, all the robbers sing and dance about their hopes and dreams.

ET was (loosely) remade as Koi...Mil Gaya (2002) "India's first Science Fiction Musical with elaborate special effects".

Can anyone add any other Bollywood remakes?

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Loads and loads of remakes,

2 of the current ones I've seen are:

Zinda - Oldboy

Ek Ajnabee - Man on Fire

Also, I've seen bollywood remakes of Meet Joe Black, Superman, Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, and a few more, but I've forgotten the names of the Bollywood counterparts.

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american ninja --> indian "commando" (mithun)

coming to america --> indian "dil hi to hai" (jackie shroff)

la femme nikita/assassin --> indian "kartoos" (jackie shroff, sanjay dutt)

JAWS---> LOL!! i cant even the remember the name of it, but it was old, and it had dharmendre and hemma malini in it.

Dirty rotten scoundrels (steve martin) --> indian "Khel" (anil kapoor)

Kickboxer --> Umm forgot the name but i think it was like Ajay Devgan's first or second movie.

Overboard (Kurt Russell, goldie hawn) --> indian "Mr Bechara" (anil kapoor)

Some movie with Michael Keaton --> indian "Jung" (sanjay dutt, jackie shroff)

Hard to kill (steven segal) ---> indian "takar" (sunil shetty)

Some movie with richard prior --> indian "maal-a-maal" (nasrudin shah)

that's all i can remember for now. there's so many more...just that i can't remember the titles of either the indian or hollywood versions. but if you have seen one or the other, u would know what i'm talking about.

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oh by the way, there's some movie i saw previews of ...with dino morea, and that girl nauheed cyrusi. i'm not sure whether its this movie or not. or i think maybe it's called "holiday" or something.

that's copied from "strictly ballroom"

AND OMG!!!! i just watched half of "Sarkaar"...that's totally ripping off "the godfather" ....didnt even bother watching the rest..pathetic!

"sleeping with the enemy" ---> got copied by some movie with nana patekar and manisha koiralla, and jackie shroff

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Oops u didn't watch it. Ur the only person who's said it so far. Its understandable, when there 100 people standing and only one says something stupid it means that person is on crack. My friend ur the lucky one to be on crack.

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I dont know exatcly what matches what but heres the one I know they bollywood ripped off from....
Seven - some susmita sen movie
Primal Fear(edward norton) - Deevanagee (ajay devgan)
It could happen to you (nicolas cage) - into some sunil shetty and priya gil movie
from what i know they are reamking phone booth with saif ali khan
and kuch kuch hota hai was also a rip from some movie i cant remember the name of

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-Kickboxer --> Umm forgot the name but i think it was like Ajay Devgan's first or second movie.

I think it was "Jigar"

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yeah it was "Jigar" but it wasnt a remake of Kickboxer, it was a remake of a Jackie chan movie, "Snake in the Eagles shadow" cause i remember the egg part in it, also cant believe people have forgot Partner, which was such a really really bad version of hitch, and sony did file a law suit against Partner, and they made a copy of three men and a Baby called "hey baby", in neil and nicky they copied a scene from a korean movie called my sassy girl, and Krrish had scenes copied from Spider-man 2 and twins

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The most annoying RIP-OFF was, Usual Suspects --> Chocolate


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^^ Not yet, but the special effects have been copied loads of times. That diving backwards to dodge bullets one especially. Its been done to death.

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Choclate (Anil Kapoor etc) = Usual Suspect.

And it is pretty close to the original movie with a few variation. Instead of Police Interogation, its the attorney, there are two being asked questions instead of just one (kevin spacey) in the original movie. Of course songs, love etc is the extra bollywood masala in it.

Someone mentioned that Dirty Rotten Scroundrel = Khel (anil kapoor). I remeber seeing same type of movie long ago, in early 80's or late 70's with Mehamood and I. S. Jowhar was the sophisticated scroundrel and Mehmood was the newbie conman. Cannot remember its name (Johar Mehmood in Goa? )

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I haven't seen enough movies to catch all the total copies, but I Am Sam = Main Aisa Hi Hoon, but I never saw I Am Sam, which is probably why I ended up enjoying Main Aisa Hi Hoon. The only movies I've been watching lately are Bollywood, and I've been comparing them to each other, and trying not to compare them to much to North American movies, but I've found my favourites have been Kal Ho Naa Ho, and Dil Chahta Hai (and i haven't seen any Hollywood movies to compare them to) but these I found to fit well with my movie taste.

Worst copying I see is reused plots, and styles over and over in the various Bollywood movies I've watched, seems to be a limited diversity, though I can see the obvious changes after watching about 20 or so different movies from various stages of bollywood history.

the mimic of The Matrix' special effects in Mujhse Shadi Karogi (twice during the movie, and terrible both times, it did make me laugh though, it was probably the 6th bollywood movie i'd seen, and the first one I skipped all the songs.. just couldn't stand them, somehow I was ok with the rest of it though)

also, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayange and Dulhan Hum Le Jayange seemed very similar on a basic plotline level. I have no comments for either movie though.

you know, more Bollywood movies are like remakes of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, all the drama, the length, the whole first impression thing, used over and over, and confrontations.. :P

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They remade Rush Hour! LOL

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One flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975 Jack Nicholson movie)
--> Kyon Ki (2005 Kareena Kapoor & Salman Khan movie)...

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or how about "qayamat" (ajay devgan movie) --> "The Rock"

I laughed so much through this film, i mean they even copied the poisonous green balls.

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yeah the main plot of "Kaante" was taken from RESERVOIR DOGS. But it has scenes and dialogues taken from other movies too. Like the starting of the movie where they all talk in prison is taken from USUAL SUSPECTS (Also made into CHOCOLATE and DUS). The dialogues taken DIRTY HARRY (clint eastwood classic) and the above mentioned movies too

KAANTE still is one of the best indian movies made...

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I See You(indian)-Just Like Heaven
Deewane Huye Paagal-There's Something About Mary
Chor Machaye Shor-Blue Streak
Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta-Liar Liar
Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin-It Happened One Night
Agnipath-Scarface
Chachi 420-Mrs. Doubtfire
Josh-West Side Story

I haven't see all these movies, but i love Bollywood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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and the latest

Partner --> Hitch

what's with Sohail Khan and rip-offz ?

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Chori Chori Chupke Chupke is Pretty Woman, sorta. It doesn't work as well, though.


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No it's not...just because it has a prostitute in it doesn't mean it's pretty woman...there have been thousands of prostitute movies....lol...

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This one is very recent.

My Cousin Vinny = Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai

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I don't remember the title but Damon Wayans/Adam Sandler's movie - BulletProof was stolen. I noticed it within seconds of 1 scene because indian movie makers are soooooo extra shameless. Unfortunately I don't know the title of the movie, sorry. Maybe they ruined 1 of my favorite movies, so I didn't want to remember the irritating indian bs title.


PS. What fffffffn nerve - neend churaliya tune (some rundy's son stole the whole song)

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