Is Bollywood Copying Hollywood Less Now?

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donniedorko

@donniedorko

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Posted: 14 years ago

I remember there was a time when every second Bollywood movie was an exact almost scene for scene rip off of a Hollywood movie. These days it seems like they are taking inspiration more so then just copying entire dialogues and plots. I also noticed recently that a lot of times when they do copy material, they are doing so from more obscure material instead of well known and popular Hollywood/Foreign material. What does it look like to you?

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MadhuriDixit

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Posted: 14 years ago

i dont know. there is rarely an original film in bollywood anymore. hollywood remakes, bollywood film remakes, sequels. its getting kinda annoying

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bollywoodbabe1

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Posted: 14 years ago

Yes it seems that they are copying less of hollywood now, since they are now currently obsessed with remaking all their old classics 😛

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tomnjerry2

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Posted: 14 years ago

may be coz Indians r watching more Hollywood movies thn they used to!!!!!... 😛

Keep----------------Smiling !!!😊

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Sano

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Posted: 14 years ago

yeha classics and south movies😆

Originally posted by: bollywoodbabe1
Yes it seems that they are copying less of hollywood now, since they are now currently obsessed with remaking all their old classics 😛

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desigal90

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Posted: 14 years ago

I agree. There is definitely more awareness now, so bollywood has no choice but to come up with something original OR call their movies a remake and buy the rights. Otherwise, people call them out on it.

I mean, movies from the 90s were such ripoffs, but very few knew because the times were different.

Like last night, my friend was like, "hey lets watch this movie I watched, Leon: The Professional, it was really good!"

So she started describing ONE scene to me. Just ONE and I stopped her and told her what happened in the rest of the movie. She asked me if I had seen it, and I said no.

I hadnt seen Leon the Professional, but I had seen Bichu.

Which was, believe me when I say, a SCENE FOR SCENE, WORD FOR WORD copy of the original

Edited by desigal90 - 14 years ago

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Megha

@MeghaSRKLover

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Posted: 14 years ago

i still think they are copying hollywood films

and of course their own classics

scriptwriters are getting too damn lazy these days

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Aisha

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Posted: 14 years ago

I think DDLJ,K3g and KKHH are original.

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Marauders

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Posted: 14 years ago

they still continue to copy hollywood movies.
btw did you guys know MunnaBhai is also a copy? well there is a hollywod movie with a similar context and storyline. i watched it in skl and i was so dissapointed with rajuhirani. the movie is about this guy in his late 40s i believe who goes to med school and he interacts with his patients like sanjay did which gives them a happier life style and stuff....

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Marauders

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Posted: 14 years ago

#10

Originally posted by: JONAKIHATESYOU
I think DDLJ,K3g and KKHH are original.

agreed! so bollywood should just stick with their romance and family drama movies. none of this suspense/ aciton/ thriller. hollywood is much better in those genres. and bollywood is good in the romance and family drama movies.

Edited by anu-pre4eva - 14 years ago