Comments on: Bollywood copycats exposed http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nagendra http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 nagendra Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:26:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4145 <p>Here's a nice rethink on plagiarism: <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2004/2004_11_25_a_borrowed.html">Something Borrowed (Malcom Gladwell)</a></p> Here’s a nice rethink on plagiarism: Something Borrowed (Malcom Gladwell)

]]> By: sluggo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 sluggo Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:24:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4129 <p>The one's that freak me out are the ones using theme songs, i.e. Dallas and Knight Rider.</p> The one’s that freak me out are the ones using theme songs, i.e. Dallas and Knight Rider.

]]> By: Suresh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Suresh Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:54:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4127 <p>One example of the reverse was with Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. as far as I can tell, the plot mirrors that of the execrable Men at Work and the chronology is reversed. I have no idea whether this was coincidental.</p> One example of the reverse was with Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. as far as I can tell, the plot mirrors that of the execrable Men at Work and the chronology is reversed. I have no idea whether this was coincidental.

]]> By: Adrianne Truett http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4125 Adrianne Truett Tue, 22 Feb 2005 03:39:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4125 <p>My favorite is when the American movies just don't have enough action for a Hindi movie, so they'll take one entire American movie and make it a small subplot. Pretty Woman is condensed into about fifteen minutes of ... I think it was Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Whatever it was about 4 years ago with Salman Khan and a rather unusual take on the idea of surrogate mothers.</p> My favorite is when the American movies just don’t have enough action for a Hindi movie, so they’ll take one entire American movie and make it a small subplot. Pretty Woman is condensed into about fifteen minutes of … I think it was Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Whatever it was about 4 years ago with Salman Khan and a rather unusual take on the idea of surrogate mothers.

]]> By: vinod http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4118 vinod Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:05:06 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4118 <p>It's always worth revisiting my favorite Bollywood flick inspired by an American blockbuster - <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/000188.html">Indian Superman</a>.</p> It’s always worth revisiting my favorite Bollywood flick inspired by an American blockbuster – Indian Superman.

]]> By: andrea http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/02/21/bollywood_copyc/comment-page-1/#comment-4117 andrea Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:36:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1091#comment-4117 <p>being sadly indifferent to American cop films, I started watching Reservoir Dogs one time - after I'd started watching Bollywood flicks in 2003 - and burst out with, 'wait... that's just like Kaante' before I realized what I'd said.</p> <p>Now I want to see St. Elmo's Fire cause I liked Dil Chahta Hai so much. Quit laughing. I was seven when it was in theaters.</p> being sadly indifferent to American cop films, I started watching Reservoir Dogs one time – after I’d started watching Bollywood flicks in 2003 – and burst out with, ‘wait… that’s just like Kaante’ before I realized what I’d said.

Now I want to see St. Elmo’s Fire cause I liked Dil Chahta Hai so much. Quit laughing. I was seven when it was in theaters.

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