6 Hollywood Movies Which Were Inspired By Bollywood Flicks

Many of us know that several Indian movies are inspired from Hollywood flicks and some are plain copy paste too.

But did you ever thought about which Hollywood movies were reportedly inspired Bollywood films.

Take a look at some of the Hollywood movies which were inspired by Bollywood ones:

1. A Common Man (2013)– A Wednesday (2008)

A Common Man is inspired from the very famous movie A Wednesday. This movie is official remake and credits are mentioned in the movie. Ben Kinsgley was roped in for the Naseeruddin Shah’s epic role.

2. Leap Year (2010)- Jab We Met (2007)

The plots of both movies are so similar that you can sense the feeling of déjà vu. But the makers of Leap Year claim that they have not copied it from Jab We Met.

3. Delivery man (2013)- Vicky Donor (2012)

The plots of the movies were different but both the movies are based on the concept sperm donors. We are not sure whether this movie is actually copied (the gap between the movies is just a year) or not so we can pass it off as a co incidence.

4. Fear (1996)- Darr (1993)

One cannot ignore the uncanny resemblance in the storyline of these two movies. The love triangle, name he engraves on his chest and scenes of stalking seems to be lifted from Bollywood counterpart. The name of the movie is also a direct translation.

5. Kill Bill (2003)- Abhay (2001)

The movie plots of both movies were not same but the action sequences were inspired by the Kamal Hasan starrer Abhay movie. The movie’s make Quentin Tarantino himself told about his inspiration to Anurag Kashyap.

6. Just Go With It (2011)- Maine Pyar Kyu Kia (2005)

Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler starred movie Just Go With It has similar roles and storyline. Also one has to note that the both movies were inspired by Cactus Flower.

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