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Akshay Kumar's Khiladi, Ajay Devgn's Golmaal Returns and more Bollywood movies unofficially inspired from older Hindi films

While remakes are common all across the globe, what's not common in most film industries unlike Bollywood, are unofficial remakes/inspirations of their own movies. Check out which films Khiladi, Golmaal 2, Karma and others were inspired from...

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By: Russel D'Silva | Published: January 28 2022, 08:56 PM IST
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Bollywood inspired from Bollywood

Remakes and/or inspirations are nothing new in any film industry, but for some reason, Bollywood cops special flak when it comes to them. Even unofficial remakes of movies from foreign shores also happens in film industries across the globe. However, what’s not common in most film industries unlike Bollywood, are unofficial remakes/inspirations of their own movies. Here are five occasions when Bollywood filmmakers heavily drew inspirations from erstwhile movies, decades apart, within the Hindi film industry itself…

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Haseena Maan Jaayegi and Pyar Kiye Jaa

The Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Karisma Kapoor and Pooja Batra starrer has been smartly revamped from the Shashi Kapoor starrer like only Director David Dhawan can.

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Khiladi and Khel Khel Khel Mei

Abbas-Mustan also take subtle inspiration and cleverly leave their stamp on their vision like David Dhawan, as was envisaged in how both how Rishi Kapoor and Akshay Kumar's versions of these similar plots turned out to be classics in their own right.

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Hero No. 1 and Bawarchi

Dhawan saab was at it again, casting his favourites, Govinda and Karisma Kapoor, in the spin on Rajesh Khanna and Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee's iconic film.

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Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge and Ek Phool Char Kaante

Once again, it was David Dhawan who very shrewdly changed the Sunil Dutt comedy into the equally enjoyable Salman Khan adaptation.

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Golmaal Returns and Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar

Rohit Shetty tried his hand at restructured adaptations with this Ajay Devgn starrer, by twisting and turning the little-known Kiran Kumar vehicle to great effect.

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Karma and Sholay

The Subhash Ghai rehash was far from subtle when he all but lifted the entire plot of the Ramesh Sippy masterpiece, merely changing the location and setting and widening his cast.

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