![]() ![]() One of the first Hindi films I fell in love with was Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol. ![]() Luckily, this time only Gemma was around to witness the storm (and anyway she loves to lick tears off my face…but I digress). I went through TWO boxes of Kleenex watching Mann (well, it was also twice as long as the original). Of course this drama is what makes some people look down on Bollywood movies, but it is largely what makes me love them. So of course, when Aamir’s grandmother dies (knowing nothing of Manisha’s circumstances), instead of leaving Manisha a shawl (as in the Hollywood version): And I was so rewarded! It took that over-the-top tearjerker and upped the ante! Instead of being merely paralyzed like Deborah Kerr, Manisha Koirala has her legs amputated below the knee: So, when I saw that it had been remade in Hindi movie form, I couldn’t wait to watch it. It is a monumentally heart-wrenching classic**. When my mother called me for dinner, everyone looked at my tragic, tear-swollen face and asked who had died. I remember watching An Affair to Remember after school one day, box of Kleenex on my lap. After all, Hollywood itself remakes its old films.įor example, Aamir Khan’s Mann* is a remake of 1957’s An Affair to Remember starring Deborah Kerr and Cary Grant, which Hollywood remade (and not well) in 1994 as Love Affair with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening. What I don’t understand is why so many people hold these remakes in contempt and use them as examples of how Indian filmmakers lack creativity. ![]() And to be sure, a movie like DHKMN should acknowledge Frank Capra’s work as its direct ancestor. The Hindi film industry is often accused of stealing entire plots without acknowledging (or paying for) copyrights held on their Hollywood counterparts. It is an obvious remake of Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night and it got me thinking, not for the first time, about why I prefer the Hindi film version of some of my favorite Hollywood films. I watched Aamir Khan’s movie Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin yesterday. ![]()
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