Nilesh Babu

I was reading this article and I decided to keep track of Bollywood movies which are “inspired from” Hollywood or elsewhere.

No hyperlinks are provided because you can Google it! and find ‘em on Wikipedia or IMDB.

Bollywood movies “inspired from” Hollywood movies

1. Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai – My Cousin Vinny
2. Sadak – Taxi Driver
3. Gumrah – Bangkok Hilton
4. Time Bomb (TV series) – 24 (TV series)
5. Aitraaz – Disclosure
6. Baazigar – A Kiss Before Dying
7. Bheja Fry – Le dîner de cons (French)
8. Black – The Miracle Worker
9. Criminal – The Fugitive
10. Dharmatma – The Godfather
11. Sarkar – The Godfather
12. Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin – It Happened One Night
13. Dostana (2008) – I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
14. Ghulam – On the Waterfront
15. Kaante – Reservoir Dogs/The Usual Suspects/Heat
16. Koi Mil Gaya – E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial
17. Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahin Bolta – Liar Liar
18. Partner – Hitch
19. Rang De Basanti – All My Sons/ Jesus of Montreal
20. Raaz – What Lies Beneath
21. Taare Zameen Par – Love, Mary
22. Ugly Aur Pagli – My Sassy Girl (Korean)
23. Yes Boss – For Love or Money
24. Zinda – Oldboy (Korean) PS: you have to watch Oldboy – unbelievably good movie.
25. Ek Ajnabee – Man on Fire
26. Karobaar – Indecent Proposal
27. Race – Goodbye Lover
28. Ghajini – Memento HT: The Cynic.
29. Taxi 9211 – Changing Lanes HT: The Cynic.
30. Khudgarz – Kane and Abel.
31. Acid Factory – Unknown.
32. Blue – Into the Blue.
33. Ek Hasina Thi – If Tomorrow Comes
34. Sangharsh – The Silence of the Lambs
35. Teen Deewarein – The Shawshank Redemption
36. Gumrah – Bangkok Hilton
37. Satte Pe Satta – Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
38. Dil Bole Hadippa – She Is The Man
39. Blue – Into the Blue
40. Khel – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
41. Daddy Cool – Death at a Funeral.
42. Housefull – The Cooler.

Sources:

1. No ripoffs, please.
2. Review: Acid Factory could be a health hazard.
3. Bollywood’s famous prisoners.
4. The A to Z of Amitabh Bachchan.
5. The Bollywood flops of 2009.
6. The Coolest Robber-Duos in Bollywood.
7. Big Bolly, Bad Bolly.

This list will be updated as frequently as possible – leave comment to continue adding to the list.

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