While Bollywood is known for its habit of making movies inspired by Hollywood, there have been occasions when Hollywood made movies inspired by Bolly flicks
In recent years, Bollywood has been called "Copywood" by the majority for its habit of remaking films or getting inspired from films by Hollywood or other Indian regional film industries from Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat & more.
However, on some occasions, even Hollywood has drawn inspiration from some Bolly flicks. We write inspired because their storylines have been westernised and aren't a straightaway blatant copy.
Check out these Bolly-inspired Holly movies that you didn't know existed.
It is not a Hollywood movie, but we have still put this on the list because the lead actor is Ben Kingsley. However, the crew is from Sri Lanka. Taking inspiration from Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher's Starrer 'A Wednesday', A Common Man had several changes, tailored more for the Sri Lankan audience.
By writer-director Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue is a loose remake of the legendary late Satyajit Ray's 'Charulata'. The film won the 'Best Film' award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
A film made in Hindi and English by the same director – Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Chopra first made 'Parinda' and once it turned successful, he made a Hollywood version named Broken Horses but unlike the Hindi version, this was a critical and commercial failure.
Director James Foley did not feel like putting much effort into the name when he made a remake of 'Darr'. He literally used the English translation of the word 'Darr' but at least changed a few elements in the film to make it more suitable for the Western audience.
Not a blatant copy but the Salman Khan-starrer comedy film 'Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya' had a remake in Hollywood named Just Go With It starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. Plot was slightly changed but the overall movie was more or less similar.
Other honourable mentions included Dinner Date With Tad Hamilton and Leap Year.
