The emotionally unavailable man/ passionate impulsive woman is a motif that you find umpteen number of times in literature and movies. It is the stuff of all M & B's for that matter.
If you come to the classics too, it's very much there. Remember "Pride and Prejudice", the brooding Mr. Darcy and the charming Elizabeth Bennett who make false assumptions about each other, only to realize that there were misconceptions and fall in love. So i would then say that IPK and Geet and plagiarized versions of Jane Austen's works.
For example, "Maine pyar kiya" can be regarded as a 20th century Indian reworking of Cinderella- rich man falls in love with a poor girl in spite of class differences and all that jazz. But what you have added in the mix is the conflict between the fathers which reminds you of "Romeo and Juliet".
And I think there are innumerable movies made on the same theme- two individuals fall in love in spite of coming from warring families, etc.,
Bottomline- In terms of motifs, themes, plot lines, basic human emotions and situations, you have so many similarities, so many archetypes. But the manner in which the story is treated is what makes a difference.
And QH certainly makes a mark in that!!!
Over and out:)
Edited by Amri174 - 12 years ago