It's quite commonly stated that Bollywood is always keen to be inspired by Hollywood. The name of the industry itself may be a great symbolic example in favor of the statement. From the early age of Bollywood we all are habituated to see those transformations. The heroes and heroines of Bollywood are glad to be inspired by the Hollywood stars. After all, maximum stories of Bollywood with all their acts and actions, with all their technicalities, used to keep Hollywood in mind. But the reverse may sound very hypothetical though it comes true practically. Yes, Hollywood is also eager to copy Bollywood films. But all of the makers are not really ready to agree with it openly, while their films are enough to stand against their silence. Here is our peak for the top 10 Hollywood movies inspired by Bollywood.
1. Vicky Donor 2012 / Delivery Man 2013
The 2012 Bollywood film Vicky Donor starring Ayushmann Khurrana is a prominent inspiration for a 2013 Hollywood film Delivery Man starring Vince Vaughn in the lead role. Both of the actors are sperm donators while the later one proved himself more fertile. Against the Ayushmann's 53, Vince produces 533 babies from his sperm. Sperm donation is the basic idea of the both films and it may be surely stated that the Delivery Man is a 'more fertile' clone of Vicky Donor.
2. A Wednesday 2008 / A common Man 2013
A film which is awarded Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in the Madrid international film festival and crowned with a Bronze in the New York festival's International Television and film awards, and starring two Oscar winning actors, can it be an official remake of a Bollywood film? Yes it is. The Sri Lankan Film director Chandran Rutnum's 2013 thriller film A Common Man is really so. It is an official remake of Neeraj Pandey's 2008 thriller film A Wednesday starring Nasiruddin Shah and Anupam Kher in the lead while the English one starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross. But the Director of the Hollywood film reworked on the screenplay to set it on the highest platform.
3. Aalavandhan (Abhay) 2001 / Kill Bill 2003
The Tamil Psychological Thriller Film Aalavandhan which is simultaneously made in Hindi and Telegu starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role was an inspiration for the 2003 Hollywood film Kill Bill. The director of the English film Quentin Tarantino admitted in a conversation with Anurag Kasyap that his film gets inspired by an Indian movie Aalavandhan. Especially the concept of the animated action sequences were also seen in the Hollywood movie Kill Bill.
4. Darr 1993 / Fear 1996
Can you remember the fear created by Shah Rukh Khan in the film Darr? Yes it was a romantic psychological thriller of Bollywood directed by Yash Chopra where a crazy stalker played by Shah Rukh was intolerably crushed on Kiran the heroine played by Juhi Chawla. Though he didn't have any chance with the girl but his desperate vigor became a nightmare for Kiran and she was finally protected by her husband. The same fear of Darr was adapted in a 1996 Hollywood movie Fear starring Mark Wahlberg. The plots of the both films are mostly similar except a final twist where the English stalker turned to a boyfriend of the heroine while the Hindi one couldn't. But when the Hollywood actor curves the name of his beloved on his chest it seems a crystal copy of the Hindi film.
5. Jab we met 2007 / Leap Year 2010
Jab we met was a 2007 Bollywood film admired highly by its huge audience all over the world. Even the film makers of Hollywood had to think about a film alike. Yes, Leap Year is a film inspired by the film Jab we met. In the Leap Year Amy Adams played a similar kind of girl like Kareena Kapoor in Jab we met. Both are talkative, silly and determined to propose their boyfriends for marriage. But the same thing happens with the both. Both have been ditched by their own boyfriend and came to the connection of a new guy. Though they had to be separate again but their love reunited them in the both cases.
6. Chhoti si baat 1975 / Hitch 2005
It's not so publicly admitted by anyone that the 2005 Hollywood film Hitch was inspired by a Bollywood movie. Even it is said that Hitch inspired a film of Bollywood named Partner, but the fact is, Hitch itself took its material from an old Hindi movie Chhoti si baat where a guy fails to impress a girl repeatedly and came to a man who helps such people professionally. The Will Smith starrer Hollywood movie Hitch has two characters supporting the guy.
7. Rangeela 1995 / Win a Date With Tad Hamilton 2004
Though the film Win a Date with Tad Hamilton of Hollywood is not an official remake of the Bollywood Rangeela, but the similarities between the two movies can bound anyone to think about this. Both of them are about a lovable street orphan who loses his beloved to a famous actor. In the Hollywood film the girl gets a chance to go on a date with the actor while the Bollywood heroine gets a chance to play against the famous hero in a film through audition.
8. Madhumati 1958 / The Reincarnation of Peter
Not only the movies of Hollywood, but some English novels are also being written from the films of Bollywood. The book Reincarnation of Peter proud (1978) followed by a film with the same title is an example of such adaptation. The both are inspired by a Bollywood film Madhumati released in 1958.
9. Sangam / Pearl Harbor 2001
Pearl Harbor is a 2001 Hollywood film which was criticized toughly for its insignificant name because it was less about Pearl Harbor than a triangular love story very similar with a Bollywood classic Sangam where two friends fall in love with a same girl. The only difference between the two lies in a single line. In the Hindi film one of the guys was seen in the air force while in the English two heroes were on the flight over a tragic war backdrop.
10. Maine Pyar Kyun kiya 2005 / Just Go With It 2011
It is strongly believed and said that Maine Pyar Kyun kiya starring Salman and Katrina is an influence for a Hollywood hit movie Just Go with It starring Jen Anniston and Adam Sandler. Though the both film are influenced by a movie Cactus Flower, but simultaneously they clearly differ from the original one. But the similarity between the clones is amazing.
So we may conclude that Bollywood has its own potentials to inspire Hollywood anytime. The biggest film city of the globe has its eyes open to Bollywood.
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