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Stop with the remakes already! by summer_m From Chutney Writers on January 17th, 2008 in 2008 bollywood chak de india Hollywood Movies remakes I watched more Indian films in 2007 than I did any other year in my recent memory. What struck me as downright annoying, though, was that a lot of those I watched – and, in many cases, enjoyed – turned out to be remakes of Hollywood films.* Off the top of my head, I can think of: Chak De! India (remake of ‘Miracle’) Hey Babyy (remake of ‘Three Men and A Baby’) The Train (remake of ‘Derailed’) Partner (remake of ‘Hitch’) Ta Ra Rum Pum (remake of ‘Days of Thunder’) I know, I know, Bollywood's been doing this for a while. But one fears for the Indian film industry when some of its year’s biggest hits are inspired by another source. Here’s hoping for a more original 2008. *I've always wondered what a Bollywood version of ‘The Terminator’ would be like. Arnie being replaced by Sunil Shetty, perhaps? Shudder. Your vote: Average: 3.5 (6 votes) summer_m's blog Login or register to post comments Share

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- - by summer_m From Chutney Writers on January 17th, 2008
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- I watched more Indian films in 2007 than I did any other year in my recent memory. What struck me as downright annoying, though, was that a lot of those I watched – and, in many cases, enjoyed – turned out to be remakes of Hollywood films.*
  
  Off the top of my head, I can think of:
  
  Chak De! India (remake of ‘Miracle’)
  Hey Babyy (remake of ‘Three Men and A Baby’)
  The Train (remake of ‘Derailed’)
  Partner (remake of ‘Hitch’)
  Ta Ra Rum Pum (remake of ‘Days of Thunder’)
  
  I know, I know, Bollywood's been doing this for a while. But one fears for the Indian film industry when some of its year’s biggest hits are inspired by another source. Here’s hoping for a more original 2008.
  
  *I've always wondered what a Bollywood version of ‘The Terminator’ would be like. Arnie being replaced by Sunil Shetty, perhaps? Shudder.
  
  Your vote:
  
  Average: 3.5 (6 votes)
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Ha! The smoker:

I respect him for doing that - it's so easy to get tempted by big bucks and try to look cool out in Hollywood. He knows he's the hottest property in bollywood, so why bother trying something else? Plus like you say - he knows that hollywood is shaking because bollywood is gonna go mainstream in the next few years!

'tis a good point doods - it's part and parcel of the image too - can't for example see someone not smoking in a Tarantino movie! Some things are just cool left without people babbling about influences - it's an artists' license after all.

doodler said:

I dunno, I agree with the no advertising for smoking and of course there are problems with youngsters being influenced, but banning smoking on screen? I am on Khan's side for this one, the notion that film and television influences kids is an ongoing argument and once you take the view that it is an unavoidable and overriding fact, you have to start taking every 'bad' thing off the screen. And where would that leave us?!

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