Comments on: Bollywood Films And Plagiarism http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/ PP writes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prashanth Pai http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/#comment-6507 Prashanth Pai Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:03:05 +0000 http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/?p=186#comment-6507 I agree to your point that some of the best movies in other languages are made available to wider audience. But don't you think that real brains behind the original movies deserve credit or at least some sort of acknowledgement. People need to know where the ideas come from. One must draw a line between borrowing something and stealing something. I agree to your point that some of the best movies in other languages are made available to wider audience. But don’t you think that real brains behind the original movies deserve credit or at least some sort of acknowledgement. People need to know where the ideas come from. One must draw a line between borrowing something and stealing something.

]]> By: aniel http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/#comment-6482 aniel Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:31:14 +0000 http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/?p=186#comment-6482 Hi prashant pai, To be very frank with you, i dont see anything wrongin this as some of the best movies in other languages are made available to wider audience. Of course if something is bringing in entertainment to masses with profit...who cares. ANd the fact remains that most of these movies got only the idea in common and are not scene to scene copies. Do agree with Mr. Bhatt's opinion on this. However, if u know ofany good foreign films that can be introduced to Indian Movie Industry...pls do reply on my email ID. Even otherwise itwould be nice to hear from your end. Good to know your views on a topic Aniel newkiddatown@gmail.com Hi prashant pai,

To be very frank with you, i dont see anything wrongin this as some of the best movies in other languages are made available to wider audience. Of course if something is bringing in entertainment to masses with profit…who cares. ANd the fact remains that most of these movies got only the idea in common and are not scene to scene copies. Do agree with Mr. Bhatt’s opinion on this. However, if u know ofany good foreign films that can be introduced to Indian Movie Industry…pls do reply on my email ID. Even otherwise itwould be nice to hear from your end.

Good to know your views on a topic
Aniel
newkiddatown@gmail.com

]]> By: R http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/#comment-469 R Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:20:13 +0000 http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/?p=186#comment-469 More recently, Paying Guests is direct scene to scene lift from Marathi Movie called Ashi Hi Banwabanwi. Instead of the old lady, the writers have chosen to put in Johnny Lever's Sardarji act in the movie. Also Luck starring Soham Shah looks a lot like the French movie 13 Tzameti. The much hyped Baghban was a scene to scene lifet from another marathi movie called Tu Tithe Me directed by Smita Talvalkar. Salaam-E-Ishq is direct copy of Love Actually. Its time when an original script like A Wednesday and Mumbai Meri Jaan are promoted more prominently. Baazi which had Aamir Khan in it was also inspired from Die Hard. The list looks endless!!! More recently, Paying Guests is direct scene to scene lift from Marathi Movie called Ashi Hi Banwabanwi. Instead of the old lady, the writers have chosen to put in Johnny Lever’s Sardarji act in the movie. Also Luck starring Soham Shah looks a lot like the French movie 13 Tzameti. The much hyped Baghban was a scene to scene lifet from another marathi movie called Tu Tithe Me directed by Smita Talvalkar. Salaam-E-Ishq is direct copy of Love Actually. Its time when an original script like A Wednesday and Mumbai Meri Jaan are promoted more prominently. Baazi which had Aamir Khan in it was also inspired from Die Hard. The list looks endless!!!

]]> By: pooja http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/#comment-259 pooja Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:37:36 +0000 http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/?p=186#comment-259 I completely agree with ur opinion abt SM.In my point of view the movie has just focused on the poverty backwardness of india more than jamal winning KBC wat it was titled to be. I feel the ppl instead feeling happy of it winning the oscar see how the movie has critised india I completely agree with ur opinion abt SM.In my point of view the movie has just focused on the poverty backwardness of india more than jamal winning KBC wat it was titled to be. I feel the ppl instead feeling happy of it winning the oscar see how the movie has critised india

]]> By: Prashanth Pai http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/bollywood-films-and-plagiarism/#comment-254 Prashanth Pai Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:34:54 +0000 http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/?p=186#comment-254 Where did the SUPERSTARS thing come from ? huh. I watch all kind of movies and I don't give a shit whether the cast are legends or not. I read the plot and watch. Even if it was Brad Pitt in SM instead of Dev Patel, my reaction would be the same about SM. And, SM was better than KFP ? If you do, all I'd say is that our taste differs a lot. I mean, I think that the entire storyline .... a boy gets all the questions in a reality quiz program related to incidents in his life .... crap. (I don't want to criticize about the novel Q&A ) <blockquote><strong>Quote from Wikipedia :</strong> There were allegations that the film was plagiarized from a 1967 script, The Alien, by celebrated Bengali director Satyajit Ray. Spielberg denied this claim, stating, "I was a kid in high school when his script was circulating in Hollywood." The concept for E.T. was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents' divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies.</blockquote> And all the above mentioned films in the blog post are not "Accusations" as you claim. It's "possibilities". Let me make it clear to you ... I am not taking any side or shedding light on bollywood as the guilty ones .... I am just laying out 'my opinion'. Some of the English movies are rip offs from Korean and Japanese ones. Where did the SUPERSTARS thing come from ? huh. I watch all kind of movies and I don’t give a shit whether the cast are legends or not. I read the plot and watch. Even if it was Brad Pitt in SM instead of Dev Patel, my reaction would be the same about SM. And, SM was better than KFP ? If you do, all I’d say is that our taste differs a lot. I mean, I think that the entire storyline …. a boy gets all the questions in a reality quiz program related to incidents in his life …. crap. (I don’t want to criticize about the novel Q&A )

Quote from Wikipedia :
There were allegations that the film was plagiarized from a 1967 script, The Alien, by celebrated Bengali director Satyajit Ray. Spielberg denied this claim, stating, “I was a kid in high school when his script was circulating in Hollywood.” The concept for E.T. was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents’ divorce. In 1980, Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled science fiction/horror film project Night Skies.

And all the above mentioned films in the blog post are not “Accusations” as you claim. It’s “possibilities”. Let me make it clear to you … I am not taking any side or shedding light on bollywood as the guilty ones …. I am just laying out ‘my opinion’. Some of the English movies are rip offs from Korean and Japanese ones.

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