Hollywood was established way back in 1870 and then became a
prominent space for film industry. In India, then Bombay and Mumbai now-a-days
also had become the hub for Indian movies and therefore it was later named as
Bollywood because it belonged to Bombay.
Most of the Indian movies are copied from Hollywood (it is
sad but true). Examples are seemingly endless but we can name few of them.
Rafoo Chakkar in 1975 which was a hit despite was copied from ‘Some Like It Hot’.
‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi’ in 1991 was a direct lift off from ‘It Happened One
Night’. ‘Chor Machaye Shor’ of 2002 starring Bobby Deol was a copy from Hollywood
flick ‘Blue Streak’. ’12 Angry Men’ of
1954 television show and 1957 movie was copied for Doordarshan show ‘Ek Ruka
Hua Faisla’. ‘Boeing Boeing’ in 1965 was once remade in South and then remade
in Bollywood as ‘Garam Masala’ of 2005. There are many other movies but they
are so much that all cannot be listed in this blog.
The question arises that why most Indian movies are copied
or inspired (in their producers words) from Hollywood. It maybe because of lack
of skills available to develop and invent an idea. It maybe also because producers
and script writers try to save time, money and effort by simply copying rather
than innovating. They should understand the fact that audience is mature enough
to understand and thus all Hollywood movies though proven to be hits and
success in other parts of the world may not be successful if remade in India
because of cultural and other differences between India and the west.
It is an interesting topic. Is it the lack of skills as to why some movies are copied, or do the indian filmmakers try to remake Hollywood films because they'd like the Indian audience to have access to the films in hindi and other regional languages?
ReplyDeleteIt is difficult to say but I think that it is because of both the reasons. For some movies it maybe due to lack of skills and for others it maybe because they want the Indian audience to have access to the movies in Hindi and other regional languages. There maybe one more reason which I mentioned in the article is that they want to save time, money and effort by simply copying the west.
DeleteIt's a nice piece of writing.. Do you think it's the lack of skills that lead indian filmmakers to remale Hollywood films, or is it because they want these films to be made accessible to a hindi speaking audience?
ReplyDeleteI think that it can be because of both the reasons or more reasons like they want to save time, money and effort.
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