Shaukeen is an adult comedy that shares its storyline with the 1962 release Boys' Night Out, based on a theme of 'old men and sex'. Now who doesn't remember that cycle race? 16. Shaukeen (1981) - Boys' Night Out (1962)
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The plot of the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander has certain similarities to the 1979 American movie Breaking Away. 15. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) - Breaking Away (1979) The theme of the movie, Aradhana is based on the 1946 movie To Each His Own in which an unwed mother is forced to give up her child to avoid scandal. Awarapan (2007) - A Bittersweet Life (2005)Īwarapan is an uncredited remake of a South Korean movie A Bittersweet Life which illustrates the ethical codes in the Korean mob and how they clash with personal morality. Years later, the ghost of the dead comes back to haunt the surviving sister. However, some mysterious circumstances leads to the death of one while the other survives. Alone (2015) - Alone (2005)Īlone, the Bollywood one is a remake of a Thai movie with the same name in which the twin sisters who were conjoined at birth lived by one promise that they will always be together and they will never separate. The story revolves around a popular singer who convinces his wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him. Abhimaan (1973) - A Star Is Born (1954)Ībhimaan is said to be inspired from real life incidents but it also has similarities with the story of a movie, A Star Is Born (1954). 10. Baghban (2003)- Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)īaghban and Make Way For Tomorrow share the same plot which concerns an elderly couple who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their children take their parents in their house.
Just like it is shown in the movie Leon: The Professional.
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9. Bichhoo (2000)- Leon: The Professional (1994)īichhoo (2000) follows the story of a cold and ruthless hit man who ends up taking care of his neighbors' daughter after her entire family gets whacked by corrupt officers. The story of the movie revolves around a low life scum who, through his ability to fight for respect, makes it to the top and becomes a mafia. The iconic character of Amitabh Bachchan is inspired from another iconic character and that too, Al Pacino from the movie, Scarface. The storyline of the crime-comedy film Awaara Pagal Deewana is loosely based on the movie The Whole Nine Yards that was released in 2000. Awaara Pagal Dewaana (2002) - The Whole Nine Yards (2000) The story revolves around a woman who seeks her own form of justice when the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter/sister. 6. Dushman (1998) - Eye for an Eye (1996)Įye for an Eye is an American psycholigical thriller film that gave a source of inspiration to a Bollywood movie called Dushman. It's a story of a couple whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous affair with another man. Murder (2004) - Unfaithful (2002)Īnother erotic thriller released in 2004 is Murder which is an uncredited remake of the Hollywood movie Unfaithful.
4. Aitraaz (2004) - Disclosure (1994)Īitraaz, an erotic thriller released in 2004 is inspired by the 1994 American film Disclosure where the main focus of the story is the issue of sexual harassment at work places. Mere Dad Ki Maruti takes its plot from the 2000 Hollywood film Dude, Where's My Car? The plot revolves around two young men who find themselves unable to remember where they parked their vehicle after a night of recklessness. Mere Dad Ki Maruti (2013) - Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) The plot of these two movies revolves around the same characters where a man takes his revenge from a billionaire by having relations with his daughters. Here's a list a 50 Bollywood movies which took some serious inspiration from Hollywood flicks: 1. Dhamaal (2007) - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)ĭhamaal, one of the most fun-filled movies is an official remake of an American comedy, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World in which the dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure. While in some of them, only the central idea is same, there are others in which the whole plot is a blatant rip-off of some Hollywood movie. Although, we saw some Bollywood originals in the past few years, there have been times when Bollywood imitated Hollywood with little or no creativity at all.