Sidney Lumet's scorching courtroom drama 12 Angry Men set the bar high with its harrowing depiction of men confronting their personal biases to determine the fate of an unnamed defendant.
The cupboard is bare, to Janki's great surprise, and the Mrs. Finally, after the harrowing conclusion that sees Janki fail in her suicide attempt (this movie does not mess around), Chachi reveals his true identity to her by busting open his shirt. To see Chachi hurtle over semi-trucks with such ease would make Evel Knievel himself blush with envy. While many of the plot points remain the same across iterations, Chachi 420 puts a new spin on the American tale.Īmong the added absurdities are a man running through the city while hiding behind a plant a surprisingly erotic sequence where the disguised Chachi watches his ex-wife take a bubble bath and an action scene that shows the titular cross-dresser perform incredible motorbike stunts across a freeway. The Bollywood hit, Chachi 420, actually followed the Tamil remake, Avvai Shanmughi. Both films feature the central performance of Kamal Haasan, a man driven to extreme measures following a divorce with his wife, Janki. Doubtfire quickly spawned several foreign market adaptations. Within four years of its release in 1993, Mrs. As it turns out, however, Williams was only one component of a far more lucrative recipe. It featured Robin Williams at the height of his comedic powers and a moviegoing populace starved for the funnyman's latest adventure. Doubtfire is a classic American film and a hallmark of the 1990s. Here are the 15 Biggest Bollywood Copies Of Hollywood Classics: 15 Mrs. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, so long as the originators receive ample credit. The Departed drew heavily from the Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs, and The Magnificent Sevenwouldn't exist without Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, to name a few. However egregious some of Bollywood's "adaptations" may be, it must be said that many American movies often thought to be original are simply replicas of foreign hits. Despite the many wonderful movies and talented celebrities that Bollywood has developed, Indian Cinema stands at a crossroads between the beaten path and forging a new one. Indeed, Bollywood battles its lesser known invective: Copywood. Interestingly enough, much of the negativity and ire stems from domestic audiences who reject the untamed culture of movie plagiarism. Unfortunately, the Mumbai-based industry is currently fighting an unsavory reputation of copycat filmmaking. Exponentially more prolific than Hollywood and with explosive box office returns to boot, Bollywood continues to grow every year. Bollywood is a juggernaut in Indian cinema.