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[Oldposts] From: NOV (@ 202.*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:18:33.
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Shanti Nilayam - Sound of Music (loosely)
Please list Hollywood movies only.
Puthiya Paravai - Chase A Crooked Shadow
Nadu Iravil - Ten Little Niggers (Agatha Christie)
Avvai Shanmughi - Mrs. Doubtfire
Magalir Mattum - Nine To Five
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[Oldposts] From: bb (@ schu*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:21:52.
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naam iruvar namakku iruvar, kaadhala ^2 - too much
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[Oldposts] From: NOV (@ 202.*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:25:23.
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I think Kaadhal Mannan is based on Sleepless in Seattle.
Is that correct?
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[Oldposts] From: NOV (@ 202.*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:26:27.
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How could I forget this:
Arunachalam Brewster's Million (Richard Pryor)
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[Oldposts] From: bb (@ schu*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:27:10.
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nayagan - you know which film..
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[Oldposts] From: RR (@ uc.c*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:30:16.
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Asuran - Predator
Raajaali - McKenna's Gold
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[Oldposts] From: RR (@ uc.c*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:31:12.
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Apoorva Sagodharargal - Twins (kind of inspired)
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[Oldposts] From: RR (@ uc.c*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:33:06.
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Andhoru mazhai naalil (something like that. *s silk,sarathbabu) - Fatal Attraction
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[Oldposts] From: NOV (@ 202.*) on: Fri Feb 12 02:39:11.
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RR - Its:
Andru Peitha Mazhaiyil-Fatal Atrraction
Naaygan - Godfather
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[Oldposts] From: CM (@ ckpx*) on: Fri Feb 12 16:13:43.
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Balu Mahendra'a
Rettai vaal kuruvi - Mickey and Maud( I think Ive got the name correct ).
I believe that Anbe Vaa ialso supposed to be an inspiration based on Summer of 42
Interestingly can u say that
Face Off was inspired by Pudhiya Mugam.
or Mask Of Zorro - Aayirathil Oruvan.
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[Oldposts] From: CM (@ alpx*) on: Fri Feb 12 16:14:49.
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I missed Saavi - Dial M for murder.
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[Oldposts] From: Bhoori (@ synv*) on: Fri Feb 12 17:29:07.
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City Lights - Raji En Kanmani ( with the then famous song, Mallaigaippoo Jadhi Roja Mullaippoo Venuma )
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[Oldposts] From: karthi (@ lab3*) on: Fri Feb 12 22:30:49.
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Thanks, Bhoori! I was wanting to know the name of this movie! I like that song!
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[Oldposts] From: Shankar (@ webg*) on: Sat Feb 13 03:19:38.
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CM (partner),
All MGR movies were inspired from Zorro series of comics. )
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[Oldposts] From: Chitra (@ p68.*) on: Sat Feb 13 21:43:03.
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Vairam - James Hadley Chase (There is a hippie on the highway?}
Man, Woman and Child - Saritha, Prabhu *ing
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[Oldposts] From: Ramamurthy (@ ppps*) on: Sat Feb 13 22:34:58.
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Anbe vaa is based loosely on Come September.
Nadodi mannan is based on Prisoner of Zenda.
Balachaner's Naanal is a copy of Desperate hours.
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[Oldposts] From: CM (@ kcpx*) on: Mon Feb 15 10:55:36.
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One more to the list
The classic Uthamaputhiran is based on the film and the true incident
Man in the Iron Mask( ofcourse not the Leo starrer )
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[Oldposts] From: Anu (@ ws23*) on: Tue Feb 16 10:05:04.
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Hi everyone,
About "Man Woman and Child", wasn't the original in Hindi as "Maasoom"?
Mani Ratnam's "Geethanjali" or "Idayathe Thirudathey" is loosely based on another or Eric Segal's book " Love Story "
Anu
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[Oldposts] From: Ramji (@ 205.*) on: Tue Feb 16 10:50:42.
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Avvai Shanmughi - Mrs. Doubtfire PLUS Tootsie
Balu Mahendra's ( Forgot the name) - Summer of 42
Apporva RagangaL - Forty Carrats
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[Oldposts] From: Ramji (@ 205.*) on: Tue Feb 16 10:58:33.
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The character "Superman" is so much like Hanuman in Ramayanam. Hanuman is said to be unaware of his strength until the need arises. So is Clark.
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[Oldposts] From: rs (@ sung*) on: Thu Feb 18 08:16:26.
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I heard that the movie 'Guna' is also based on an English movie. Can anyone tell me the name of the English movie?
Is it 'Rain Man'??
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[Oldposts] From: Vaasu (@ gup-*) on: Thu Feb 18 21:48:24.
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Guys
I believe 'summer of 42's
tamil copy was 'aziyaatha koolangkaL'
starring Late Ms.Shoba along with
Prathab and 3 or 4 teenage actors.
Couple of good songs by 'Salil Choudry'too..
'poovaNNam poola nenjam' and ..?
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[Oldposts] From: Chitra (@ p156*) on: Sat Feb 20 11:44:37.
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May madham - Roman Holiday
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[Oldposts] From: SM (@ nat0*) on: Tue Feb 23 19:28:15.
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Hi,
RR had mentioned that "RaajaaLi" was based on "McKenna's Gold". I too read it in a magazine before the film was released. But, after seeing it, I felt that the film had scenes which resembled some scenes in the famous film "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark". One scene in "Guru Sishyan" was also copied from the above (the giant rock rolling after the hero and the hero escaping from it). I haven't seen "McKenna's Gold" and so don't know if that film also had some scenes resembling "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark". Could someone clarify?
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[Oldposts] From: Shankar (@ webg*) on: Wed Feb 24 10:13:20.
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SM,
no it doesn't have any such scenes.
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[Oldposts] From: Kamesh (@ hlr-*) on: Wed Mar 17 20:14:57.
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Grease and grease2 inspired Ravichandran, Juhi starrer Paruva Raagam . In kannada the movie was called Prema loka....
Mrs. Doubtfire also inspired a Prashant starrer too. Name that please..
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[Oldposts] From: Shankar (@ webg*) on: Thu Mar 18 03:02:25.
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Kamesh,
It's ANazhagan (but prashant plays a girl for almost half of the movie ) )
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[Oldposts] From: RR (@ prox*) on: Thu Mar 18 04:53:26.
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Honest Raj - Hard to Kill
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[Oldposts] From: Hrishikesh (@ 202.*) on: Fri Apr 2 11:02:43.
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Hi,
I read in a mag that Jeans is based on Too Much.I dont know if it is true as I have not seen Too Much.Can any one clarify? Coming to scenes blatantly lifted from Hollywood ,we have that computer file stealing scene in En Swasa Katre lifted from Mission Impossible and Prakash Raj's gun handling "inspired" from John Travolta in Broken Arrow,Face-Off in the same movie.
Bye
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[Oldposts] From: Venkat (@ 208.*) on: Fri Apr 2 13:13:53.
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The Mission Impossible scene itself is stolen from a 1964 movie, "Topkapi".
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[Oldposts] From: Peiaraindavan (@ nat0*) on: Fri Apr 2 16:01:36.
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Jenma Natchathiram (minus the comedy (?!) scenes featuring Vivek and 'Loose' Mohan) from Omen Part I.
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[Oldposts] From: thiruppiyum peiaraindhavan (@ nat0*) on: Fri Apr 2 16:02:32.
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Vaa Arugil Vaa from Chucky Part - ?
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[Oldposts] From: Kannan (@ gate*) on: Mon Apr 5 15:57:02.
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Sathi Leelavathi - She Devil
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[Oldposts] From: Vimal (@ 129.*) on: Fri Apr 9 16:41:41.
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1. Pattanthil boodham- forgot the name of the english movie.
2. Anjali-ET?
3. Badsha, Muthu and Arunachalam:
Some Oscar-winning movies. Forgot their names.
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[Oldposts] From: RR (@ prox*) on: Fri Apr 9 23:25:09.
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Vimal,
Arunachalam has been mentioned already (Brewster's Millions). Baadsha is a remake of Hum; Muthu from thenmaavin kombathu.
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[Oldposts] From: cram (@ 206.*) on: Sat Apr 10 05:52:55.
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i think Pillai Nila, starring baby shalini, was "inspired" by Child's Play.
Pillaikkaaga was inspired by Masoom.
Arunchalam was not directly inspired by BM as it was by Maalamaal, starring naseeruddin shah.
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[Oldposts] From: Shankar (@ webg*) on: Sat Apr 10 06:24:41.
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Cram ,
"vA arugil vA" was inspired by child's play.
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[Oldposts] From: RaGa (@ 202.*) on: Tue Apr 13 04:14:04.
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Criminal & its tamil version ellame en kadhali are nothing but deteriorated version of fugitive.
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[Oldposts] From: RaGa (@ 202.*) on: Tue Apr 13 04:15:51.
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the initial bank robbery scene from the movie "rudra" is a clean lift from Quick Change
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[Oldposts] From: chandrabose (@ j17.*) on: Wed May 26 08:09:58.
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Guna was from an english movie starring Linda
Blair.
Somebody please help.
My dear Maarthandan, Coming to America.
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[Oldposts] From: Yaaro (@ mast*) on: Thu May 27 11:15:04.
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Rudra itself was inspired by Nikita, a french film which our men probably saw in the film festival held in madras!
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[Oldposts] From: Shankar (@ webg*) on: Fri May 28 10:32:56.
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Raj,
There was another version of nikita with shobana as nikita and SPB as a police officer. Since both the films were "inspired" by Nikita ,and were filmed at the same time, bagyaraj's character was introduced to add some humour and to make it look different from the other movie.
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[Oldposts] From: Chandrabose (@ bkj-*) on: Wed Jul 7 22:40:50.
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Pooveli is actually a dappa of "A Walk in the
Clouds" starring Keanu Reaves.
The English version is far better and rich
compared to the Tamil one.
TQ.
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[Oldposts] From: maNivaNNan (@ sji-*) on: Sat Jul 24 01:04:12.
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A lot of MGR's movies were inspired by Errol Flynn flicks. The costumes were faithfully imitated. Even the Caribbean pirates were transplanted to the mythical islands near Tamil Nadu.
"Kalangkarai viLLakkam" was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Vertigo."
Director Sridhar beautifully Tamilized "Casablanca" to "Nenjil Oar Alayam."
Balachandar's "noothukku nooru" was inspired by Akira Kurasawa's "Rashomon," at least the murder and eye witness recollections from multiple perspectives. I don't recall the inspiration for "Apoorva RagangkaL."
Copying or inspiring is not just one way street. Hollywood does watch foreign movies and Americanizes them. "Five Man Army" and a whole lot of imitations were inspired by "Seven Samurai." Before "Oh God" was filmed, there was a ThEngkai Srinivasan starrer with a similar theme. Both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have acknowledged that they drew inspiration from Akira Kurasawa's movies.
All said and done, it is amazing that the product of a vastly different culture can be translated and still make sense to Tamils. I still marvel at Sridhar's "Nenjil Oar Alayam." Had I not read his interview, I would have never guessed that "Casablanca" was his inspiration.
Mani M. Manivannan
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[Oldposts] From: pg (@ hqin*) on: Thu Jul 29 09:04:55.
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urirE unakkAga & may mAdham were (bad) copies of
Roman Holiday.
uyirE unakkAga was watchable.
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[Oldposts] From: arvin (@ fire*) on: Mon Aug 2 17:23:22.
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Namma Ramarasenum Rasukiranumthan Suthamana tamil padathila nadikirangappa.
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[Oldposts] From: ramarajan mp ...vaalzgha (@ bkj-*) on: Mon Aug 2 23:23:20.
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no arvin i wont agree with that...
ramarajan M.P 's karakatakaran was a bad copy from..
brian de palma's ...TODAY'S DANCE
en rasavin manasile copied from joel schumacher's...KING OF THE HEART,,
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[Oldposts] From: raja (@ icon*) on: Tue Aug 3 12:18:40.
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Aboorva Raagangal - supposed to be a copy of 42 carats -I havent seen the english version.
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[Oldposts] From: Sathish (@ worl*) on: Thu Aug 5 15:37:59.
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Aboorva Raagangal - Maybe 42 carats inspired him. But this story is there in our Vikramaditya & Vethalam set of stories.
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From: tfmlover
on Mon Mar 28 17:53:08 2005.
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virumaandi..The Life of David Gale -kevin spacey
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From: Nerd
on Tue Mar 29 4:52:24 2005.
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Jay Jay - Serendipity
Whistle - Urban Legend, I know what you did last summer
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From: scorpio
on Tue Mar 29 5:04:40 2005.
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Jana ---> Baasha
Ithu indha list-la suit aaguma??
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From: Pras
on Tue Mar 29 5:42:24 2005.
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thendral sundum (with radhika in the lead) was inspired from an english TV serial (don't remember the name).
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From: oohlala
on Tue Mar 29 6:54:13 2005.
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Can any1 tell whether Parent Trap was inspired frm the old tamil movie Kuzhandayum Deivamum
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From: Querida
on Tue Mar 29 15:21:26 2005.
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just adding to list Thenali is from Bob's vacation
obviously Julie Ganapathy is from Stephen King's Misery
12B had some elements of Sliders...
can anyone tell me what Aalavandhan inspiration was...i would like to watch the english version
There is a drama serial based on the book "Sister of My Heart" by Chitra Bannerjee Devakaruni...
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From: Crab
on Tue Mar 29 15:59:24 2005.
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Prathap Pothan's Aathma was a terrible lift from Irwing Wallace' The Word.
SJ Surya's New was lifted from Tom Hanks' Big.
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From: P_R
on Tue Mar 29 23:43:13 2005.
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just adding to list Thenali is from Bob's vacation |
You mean 'What About Bob', starring Bill Murray.
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12B had some elements of Sliders |
Sliding Doors. It's much more engaging watching Gwenyth Paltrow twice over than watching Shaam twice over.
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Can any1 tell whether Parent Trap was inspired frm the old tamil movie Kuzhandayum Deivamum |
I have been asking this question to all and sundry ever since i Saw Parent Trap. Guess some screenwriter vacationing in Madras must've spent a sweaty afternoon in Krishnaveni theatre watching a 'Puththam Pudhiya Copy' and must have started typing rightaway!
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From: Kumar
on Wed Mar 30 0:25:51 2005.
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Prabhu Ram wrote: |
I have been asking this question to all and sundry ever since i Saw Parent Trap. Guess some screenwriter vacationing in Madras must've spent a sweaty afternoon in Krishnaveni theatre watching a 'Puththam Pudhiya Copy' and must have started typing rightaway! |
Those dastardly Hollywood copycats! When will they stop?? WHEN???!!!
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From: Kumar
on Wed Mar 30 0:40:46 2005.
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tfmlover wrote: |
virumaandi..The Life of David Gale -kevin spacey |
That's why the Jallikattu scene in Virumaandi looked so familiar. Although I do remember the Kevin Spacey version had more BULLOCKS.
I know that most Vijayakanth movies are based on full length cartoon features starring Donald Duck.
'Shock' was based on plethora of scary movies- "Ring", "The Grudge", "Poltergiest", "The Exorcist", etc. (Notice how almost everyone in 'Shock' spoke very s-l-o-w-l-y, especially the cleaning lady, who just kept contorting herself into these odd poses. Now that's SCARY!)
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From: scorpio
on Wed Mar 30 2:34:51 2005.
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Kumar wrote: |
I know that most Vijayakanth movies are based on full length cartoon features starring Donald Duck.
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From: Cinefan
on Wed Mar 30 3:26:37 2005.
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Querida wrote: |
There is a drama serial based on the book "Sister of My Heart" by Chitra Bannerjee Devakaruni... |
That serial was 'Snehitiye'with Anuhasan&Swarnamalya.Produced by Manirathnam&Suhasini.They credited Chitra for the story,so I guess they paid money for the rights.
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THIS LIST IS TOOOOO LONG,......
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From: gaya3
on Mon Feb 20 23:00:40 2006.
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manichiththra thazhu which is a inspiration of 'chandramukhi' is loosely based on 'Alfred Hitchcock's" 'Vertigo'.
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Ghajini is eyadichan copy of
Memento + Muralikrishnadu (TG)