What are the top Bollywood movies (posters) that are fully copied from Hollywood?

 There is a very thin line between the term copy and inspiration. It’s up to us to decide to which side it falls. At the end there is a bollywood poster that was copied.

RAMLEELA:

Not the main poster of the film but seems inspired by an American TV show Revenge.

DRONA:

This super hero debacle of Goldie Behl starring Abishek had a lot to do with Prince of Persia.

EK VILLIAN:

AITRAAZ:

This Akshay-Kareena-Priyanka starrer poster seemed like a xerox copy of The Graduate.

ROWDY RATORE:

The Don’t angry me caption did not angry The Replacement Killers

PK:

Slight changes made by Mr. Perfectionist.

MAUSAM:

This one has a slight resemblance.

ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA:

Good attempt…..Zoya Akhtar

XPOSE:

Off course Himesh Reshammiya

BAHUBALI

EK THA TIGER

AGENT VINOD

GHAJINI

MURDER 3

Bollywood stories like A Wednesday and Jab We Met plot ideas are copied abroad as Common Man and Leap Year. So why not poster too?

This Canadian band duo used Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for their single.

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Who is the first Indian to act in a Hollywood movie?

 Sabu Dastagir (Selar Sabu) was an Indian born American actor who was discovered by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty at the age of 13.

Sabu was casted in the British film Elephant Boy (1937). He played the role of an elephant driver in the film.

Sabu is best known for the role of Abu in the film The Thief of Bagdad. Some of his other films are The Drum, Jungle Book, Arabian Nights, White Savage, Black Narcissus and Sabu and the Magic Ring.

After becoming an American citizen Sabu also joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. His career declined after World War 2.

Sabu was also considered for the role of Birju (played by Sunil Dutt) in Mother India but was denied a work permit. He never got a chance to appear in a film made in his native country.

He died of a heart attack at the age of 39, three months before the release of his film, The Tiger Walks.

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What are the best revenge movies ever made?

 

• Best Revenge Movies:
• M by Fritz Lang, 1931: Criminals in a German city join in on the search of an insane child killer with the police when they are unable to arrest him.

• Straw Dogs by Sam Peckinpah, 1971: A young American man marries an English wife and relocates to the interiors of Cornwall, a place where she was raised. However, an unfortunate event changes the course of their lives.
• Death Wish by Michael Winner, 1974: Once a mild-mannered liberal, New York City architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) snaps when intruders break into his home, murdering his wife (Hope Lange) and violently raping his daughter. A business trip to Tucson, Ariz., lands him a gift from a client, a revolver he uses to patrol the streets when he returns home. Frustrated that the police cannot find the intruders, he become a vigilante, gunning down any criminal that crosses his path. The public finds this vigilantism heroic.
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 2002: An expelled worker kidnaps his boss' daughter and asks for a ransom to be able to afford his sick brother's treatment.
• Oldboy, 2003: A man attempts to find the identity of the person who keeps him captive for several years for no rhyme or reason. Later, he receives money and is released, unaware of the fate that awaits him.
• Dead Man's Shoes by Shane Meadows, 2004: Richard returns from the army to avenge the death of his brother, Anthony, who was mistreated and suffered at the hands of a drug-dealing gang.
• Lady Vengeance, 2005: A woman is framed for murdering a six-year-old boy and is imprisoned for 13 years. After releasing from jail, she seeks revenge on the man responsible for committing the crime and framing her.

• The Brave One by Neil Jordan, 2007: After a brutal attack which results in the death of her fiance, Erica is traumatised. She decides to take the law into her own hands and track down the killers.
• Law Abiding Citizen by F. Gary Gray, 2009: Clyde Shelton is desperate to exact revenge on those who killed his family as well as the police officials, including attorney Nick Rice, who could not guarantee a proper jail term for the culprits.
• Harry Brown by Daniel Barber, 2009: Harry Brown, a retired Royal Marine, leads a lonely life with his only friend, Leonard Attwell. His life changes when Leonard is killed, following which Harry decides to seek revenge.
• I Saw the Devil by Kim Jee-woon, 2010: When his pregnant fiancee is murdered, secret service agent Soo-hyun sets out to seek revenge. He identifies the killer and forces him to swallow a GPS-tracking capsule.
• Blue Ruin by Jeremy Saulnier, 2013: Dwight Evans, a drifter, learns that Wade, the man who killed his parents, is released from prison. He visits his hometown in order to exact revenge on Wade and seek closure.
• The Rover by David Michôd, 2014: Eric, a hardened loner, and Rey, an injured member of a robber gang, develop an uneasy bond of mutual trust while searching for Rey's gang members who have stolen Eric's car.
• Calibre, 2018: Two friends, Marcus and Vaughn, set out on a hunting trip to the Scottish Highlands. However, they land in deep trouble after Vaughn accidentally shoots a child instead of a deer.

• The Painted Bird, 2019: A young Jewish boy somewhere in Eastern Europe seeks refuge during World War II where he encounters many characters.
• The Beasts, 2022: An expatriate French couple operate an organic farm in the Spanish countryside but clash with villagers.

What mistakes were made in films that became famous?

 Some films have remained etched in the history of cinema, and the general public remembers them as masterpieces. But even they have had some minor flaws.

Titanic: In one scene Leonardo DiCaprio tells Rose that he went fishing in Lake Wissota. The problem is that the Titanic sank in 1912 and Lake Wissota was formed in 1917.

Braveheart: A story set in the 1300s with Mel Gibson impersonating William Wallace and wearing a kilt. Too bad the kilt didn't become popular until 300 years later, in the 1600s.

Gladiator: Russell Crowe in the film is nicknamed " The

Hispanic ", an old French word from the 1300s. Big mistake! The film is set in 180 BC, a thousand years before the word was invented .

Django: In the 2012 cult film, Django (played by Jamie Foxx) wears sunglasses. But back then they were rare, more like prescription sunglasses.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: In the scene where Malfoy falls to the ground, a camera operator is visible on screen as the Hogwarts students look on.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Here, Captain Barbossa loves to eat apples. In one scene he is holding a green apple, a Granny Smith variety, which did not exist until 1868, about 140 years after the time in which the film is set.

The Lord of the Rings: In a battle scene, the watch can be seen on Gandalf's wrist.

How does Tom Cruise's romantic history compare to other Hollywood actors?

 Well, Mr. Cruise definitely has had a number of high profile relationships.

The 1980s: As Tom began his film career and headed towards stardom, he had relationships with several well known actresses.

1981 - Melissa Gilbert. According to Melissa (of Little House on the Prairie fame), the relationship was largely PG-13. She said they never had sex, but that Tom was a great kisser. Incidentally, Tom was Tom Mapother (his real name)

1983 - Rebecca de Mornay. The two had a rather intense on the set of the film Risky Business (Tom’s first big break) according to co-star Curtis Armstrong.

1985 - Patti Scialfa. The future Mrs. Bruce Springsteen dated Cruse while she was touring with Springsteen’s E Street Band. Scialfa said that it was a “brief” relationship.

1985 - Cher. The two met at Sean Penn and Madonna’s wedding, then met again at an event at the White House

While they didn’t date for very long, Cher did call Cruise one of her top five lovers.

The Marriages:

1987 to 1990: Mimi Rogers. Both Cruise and Rogers were involved with the Church of Scientology. Rogers, who was 6 years older than Cruise, was his auditor (her father was good friends with L. Ron Hubbard.) Cruise gives her credit for helping him become a better actor. Rogers admitted that the toughest thing about being married to Cruise was maintaining her individuality - every magazine article would refer to her as Mrs. Tom Cruise.

1990 to 2001: Marriage no. 2 - Nicole Kidman. The two met and fell in love while working on Days of Thunder. The story is pretty well known - friction over Scientology (Nicole refused to join) was the main cause. Some people also claim that Scientology members worked hard to break up the marriage, as well as Kidman not wanting to have the kids be influenced by the church.

2001 to 2004: Penelope Cruz (the Cruise-Cruz era). The two met and began dating while on the set of the movie Vanilla Sky. Apparently their schedules made dating a challenge.

2005: Sofia Vergara. Scientology definitely played a key role to this short romance. In Andrew Morton’s unauthorized biography of Cruise, he claims that the church required Cruise to provide a list of women he was interested. Vergara felt the entire time that she was “auditioning” for the biggest role of her life: Mrs. Tom Cruise, and that if she were to marry him she would have to leave the Catholic Church and convert.

2005 to 2012: Marriage no. 3 - Katie Holmes. The story is pretty well known, with Scientology being a major factor in the marriage ending.

2020 to 2022: Hayley Atwell. The two co-starred in Mission Impossible 7.

2023: Shakira. This has never exactly been confirmed but is pretty well accepted.

2023: Sophia Vergara (again)

As you can see, Tom has had a pretty amazing dating history (although 3 divorces is a bit more than most). I would say he’s on the top tier with guys like George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio, but not quite on Jack Nicholson’s level (Jack is reported to be the ultimate Hollywood player). He also is an amateur in terms of failed marriages when compared to Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw (each were married 8 times) or even a Nic Cage (5 times).