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Fahim Farook
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Today I discovered something interesting — YouTube has fairly good versions of Hindi movies from back in the 80s and 90s!
Well, I think I actually discovered this yesterday when I found “Betaab” but I didn’t actually realize this till today when I searched for “EK Ladka Ek Ladki” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291883)
Back in the 90s, Hindi movies blatantly copied Hollywood movies (with no attribution or permission, mind you) and made their own versions. “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” is one such movie which copies Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn’s “Overboard” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693).
This movie is probably responsible for getting me into Hindi movies again and for learning Hindi just so I could watch the movies 🙂
I generally never watch a movie twice (with a few exceptions) but I think I must have watched this one at least 5 times …
Oh yeah, it’s on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSdQeh3WnkU
The last time I looked for “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” on YouTube, the only copy I could find was a really dark and hard to watch version. So this version is certainly a find for me 🙂
This gives me an idea! Maybe I should look for other movies from the 90s that copied Hollywood movies and post about them every once in a while?
I generally love the Bollywood version to the Hollywood version of these “re-makes”. So it might be interesting to introduce more people to these versions …
#Movies #Bollywood #Hindi #Remakes #MovieHistory
Well, I think I actually discovered this yesterday when I found “Betaab” but I didn’t actually realize this till today when I searched for “EK Ladka Ek Ladki” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291883)
Back in the 90s, Hindi movies blatantly copied Hollywood movies (with no attribution or permission, mind you) and made their own versions. “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” is one such movie which copies Kurt Russel & Goldie Hawn’s “Overboard” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693).
This movie is probably responsible for getting me into Hindi movies again and for learning Hindi just so I could watch the movies 🙂
I generally never watch a movie twice (with a few exceptions) but I think I must have watched this one at least 5 times …
Oh yeah, it’s on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSdQeh3WnkU
The last time I looked for “Ek Ladka Ek Ladki” on YouTube, the only copy I could find was a really dark and hard to watch version. So this version is certainly a find for me 🙂
This gives me an idea! Maybe I should look for other movies from the 90s that copied Hollywood movies and post about them every once in a while?
I generally love the Bollywood version to the Hollywood version of these “re-makes”. So it might be interesting to introduce more people to these versions …
#Movies #Bollywood #Hindi #Remakes #MovieHistory
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Dendan Setia (Nins)
cendawanita@mefi.social@f oh! If I may suggest Mann (which I've heard is a riff on An Affair to Remember) 😄
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Fahim Farook
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@cendawanita I don’t remember it at all, but given that it’s an Aamir Khan movie, I must have watched it. Will have to re-watch now. Thank you 🙂
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Dendan Setia (Nins)
cendawanita@mefi.social
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Hahahaha same reason for me, and also (since I'm Malaysian) there was coverage that this song is a(n approved, not plagiarized lol) Bollywood version of a local dangdut song 😂 https://youtu.be/Y01NQiOz2nw
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Fahim Farook
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@cendawanita Oh, interesting — I mean about the song 🙂 I was already intrigued because the synopsis on IMDB mentioned Singapore and so it seemed as if at least part of the movie might be set outside India, but this makes it even more interesting …
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