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Inspired by Lock, stock and two smoking barrels??


The basic outline is a perfect match!!

Hero is a gambler( racing here and poker there). Story is centered around drugs, money and 2 diamonds. ( LSTB: Its about weed, money and two guns ). All the bad guys kill themselves in the end ( Happpens in both, and the hero gets away with everything!). There are lots of twists and loads of characters in both movies!!

It's obviously not a complete rip-off!! I loved kaminey for its awesomeness, though the similarities are uncanny!! Its more like a bollywood version of the movie, but done right!!

Who else is with me on this?? And ya it's just an opinion!! I loved the movie too, so fanboys don't jump on me :P

Kaushik

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AGREED.......
at least its done right....
not like Phir hera pheri(rip off of Lock, Stock....).....n Fool 'n' Final(Rip off of Snatch)....



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yeh just like superman is a copy of Hanuman. A guy can fly, sent from the sun (Krypton with superman), fights bad guys, saves the planet. The way you're saying ... most movies are copied. Anyhow I was think why didn't some fool barked abt this movie being a copy. And there you came ....

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"I" came here for fools n fanboys like you who can't even hear the truth about their favourite films. OH!!!! So Sad

I said "What if its a copy.....maybe a film inspired by Guy Ritchie films, Its a good attempt and a rocking movie.

Why do fanboys always have the tendency to jump over someone, knowing they will get their ass kicked hard and shamelessly?

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whoa !! You sure have a vivid imaginations. If we were to compare in this way then every movie is inspired by another movie. Just see the scenario, hero, Villain, they slug it out and in the end hero wins. And ahhh...also takes the heroine.

Well, this is a caper, and as per VB own admittance inspired by GR and QT, so the style is same, but story naaa...

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hemantkhan:

Dude! My topic says "inspired".. lol..

the_omen1990:

lol..chill.. I said the exact same thing you did.. its just inspired.

touch_me_yes:

ummm... only when you compare movies, we can have an intelligent debate. it's like comparing two pieces of art.. thats all. To me, IMHO, The movie was similar to a guy Ritchie movie and all that was running in my head was LSTB ... and i'm allowed to have my own opinion :). So yaa... If there's any other point you'd like to make??

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Dude... Even if its an outright copy I would keep mum and will never attach/compare such a crap movie name with a masterpiece like Lock ..Stock...!

Please don't say that this movie is copied from any Hollywood movie. This movie is not even worth comparing. Phir Herapheri at least had some good scenes.

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wow, really lock, stock and two smoking barrels? why not say snatch (there's a diamond in there, and more bad guys die)? seriously go watch some more movies...

Juno is similar to Kaminey too...both have unwanted pregnancies!!!

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God, its impossible to have a healthy discussion around here huh?? Anyway, I think the movie had a lot to do with the LSTB cause of the confusing plotline involving drugs, money etc. and the style of direction can be compared to Guy ritchie... that's all i have to say for it.

I've wasted half my life watching movies though..lol..thanks for the pointer anyway :).

Cheers

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kaminey isnt a plot copy of lock stock or snatch

BUT it definately is a inspired from the comic caper genre of films like

lock stock, snatch, rock n rolla, the sting, the killing (1956) etc

most of them r guy ritchie's films so a comparison is justified, but its done properly

the arc of the story is similar... for one thing

the end of total chaos is also a familiar mainstay of such films




"You are not in Kansas anymore" Avatar, The Star Wars of our generation...

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Oh My God.....I had to comment because of your signature....it's blasphemy to compare Avatar to Star Wars. That said, all our movies are copied. Thing is none of them take stuff from just one movie anymore because that is too obvious. Instead we now copy several movies from the same genre that makes the so it's harder for the audience to trace the origins.

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What an ignorant twit. Go watch True Romance. That's where the basic course of events have been lifted from. Written by QT and directed by Tony Scott.

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