Ru-Ba-Ru [2008] - If Only [2004]

Also known as (AKA) / Was earlier titled
Earlier Titled as: Zara Zara
Banner : Percept Picture Company
Release Date : September 12, 2008
Language : Hindi
Genre : Thriller / Romance
Director : Arjun Bali
Star Cast : Randeep Hooda, Shahana Goswami, Rati Agnihotri
Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Jayant Kriplani

Singers : Shuja Haider, Ranjit Barot, Sunidhi Chauhan
Kunal Ganjawala, Vijay Prakash, Suzanne D’Mello
Shreya Ghosal, Akshay Verma, Jaspinder Narula
Shravan Suresh, Sneha Suresh, Krishna

Lyricists : Shuja Haider, Soumik Sen
Aditya Narayan, Arjun Chandramohan Bali
Akshay Verma

Music Director : Satyadev Barman Samirrudin
Cinematography : Andre Menezes

Editor
Sanjib Datta

Publicity Designs
P9 Integrated Pvt Ltd

The Film

Ru-Ba-Ru is a blatant copy of the Hollywood film If Only (2004) starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul Nicholls, written by Christina Welsh and directed by Gil Junger.
The film deals with a live-in couple in love for different reasons. It deals with their collective affection, individual ambition and consequent aberration.

Desi Boyz [2011] - The Full Monty [1997]

Desi Boyz (Hindi: देसी बोयज़) is a Hindi comedy drama film directed by Rohit Dhawan, son of director David Dhawan. The film stars Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangda Singh in lead roles whilst Sanjay Dutt features in a cameo. The film released on 25 November 2011, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Desi Boyz received an 'A' certificate from Central Board of Film Certification clearly motivating that it is not suitable for children.
The Full Monty is an American comedy about six unemployed steel workers who form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

Director: 

Peter Cattaneo

Writer: 

Simon Beaufoy

Stars:

 Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy

Kartoos [1999] - Point of No Return [1993] - La Femme Nikita [1990]

 Kartoos is a 1999 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala. It is the last release of Mahesh Bhatt as a director. The film borrows its plot idea from the 1993 film Point of No Return (film) where Bridget Fonda essays a role very similar to that of Sanjay Dutt.

Point of No Return (also known as The Assassin) is a 1993 American action film directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda. It is a remake of Luc Besson's 1990 film Nikita. Nikita (also known by the title: La Femme Nikita) is a 1990 Franco-Italian thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson; it was released in the United States as La Femme Nikita. The film centers around a young female criminal who is recruited to work as an assassin for the French government. Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is a teenage junkie who participates in the robbery of a pharmacy owned by a friend's parents. The robbery goes awry, erupting into a gunfight with local police, during which her cohorts are killed. Suffering severe withdrawal symptoms, she murders a policeman. Nikita is arrested, tried, and convicted of murder and is sentenced to life in prison.

In prison, her captors fake her death, making it appear that she has committed suicide via a tranquilizer overdose. She awakens in a nondescript room, where a well-dressed but hard-looking man named Bob (Tchéky Karyo) enters and reveals that, although officially dead and buried, she is in the custody of a shadowy government agency known as the Centre. She is given the choice of becoming an assassin, or of actually occupying "row 8, plot 30", referring to her fake grave. After some resistance, she chooses the former and proves to be a talented killer. One of her trainers, Amande (Jeanne Moreau), transforms her from a degenerate drug addict to a femme fatale. Amande implies that she was also rescued and trained by the DGSE.

Her initial mission, killing a foreign diplomat in a crowded restaurant and escaping back to the Centre from his well-armed bodyguards, doubles as the final test in her training. She graduates and begins life as a sleeper agent in Paris with her boyfriend Marco (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a man she meets in a supermarket and who knows nothing of her real profession.

Her career as an assassin goes well until a document-theft mission in an embassy goes awry, requiring the Centre to send in Victor "The Cleaner" (Jean Reno), a ruthless assassin. Victor's task is to help Nikita salvage the mission and destroy all the evidence of the foul-up, but he is wounded by the embassy guards and dies during the escape. Marco reveals that he has discovered Nikita's secret life, and, concerned over how her activities are affecting her psychologically, persuades her to disappear. Upon discovering that she abandoned the agency, Bob meets with Marco, and they both discuss and decide what is best for Nikita.

Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De... [2010] - Sliding Doors [1998]

Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De... is a 2010 Bollywood drama film, directed by Partho Ghosh featuring veteran Bollywood actorsJackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala in lead roles. The film also stars Pakistani actor, Moammar Rana, Nikita Anand and Rozza Catalona. 
There is a proverb which says that whatever is written in one’s destiny in some way or the other actually happens. But if we fight against it, and make the incident happen in a different way- then what? This film follows Rashi (Manisha Koirala) A woman who doesn't know what her destiny has written for her. One day she gets fired from her job and now is ready to leave on the next train, but that one second that she has to decide whether to take the train or not to,she choses not to. From then the film follows

The film is Saroj Entertainment Pvt Ltd first home production.

Sliding Doors is a 1998 British-American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Howitt and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, and featured John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Virginia McKenna. The film alternates between twoparallel universes, based on the two paths the central character's life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train.

The film follows Helen Quilley (Gwyneth Paltrow), who has just been fired from her public relations job. After she misses her train on the London Underground, the plot splits into two parallel universes, also detailing the separate path her life would have taken had she boarded that train.

In the timeline in which she boards the train, she meets James (John Hannah) on the underground and they strike up a conversation. She gets home in time to catch her boyfriend, Gerry (John Lynch), in bed with his ex-girlfriend, Lydia (Jeanne Tripplehorn); she dumps him and moves in with her friend, Anna (Zara Turner), and changes her appearance for a fresh start. James continues toserendipitously pop into Helen's life, cheering her up and encouraging her to start her own public relations firm. She and James fall in love despite Helen's reservations about beginning another relationship so soon after her ugly breakup with Gerry. Eventually, Helen discovers she's pregnant, believing it is James' child, and goes to see him at his office. She is stunned to learn from James' secretary that he is married. Upset, she disappears. James finds her on a bridge and explains that he was married but is now separated and planning to divorce. He and his soon-to-be-ex-wife maintain the appearance of a happy marriage for the sake of his sick mother. After she and James declare their love, Helen walks out into the road and is hit by a car.

In the timeline in which she misses the train, she then hails a taxi instead but a man tries to snatch her handbag. Helen is injured in the scuffle and goes to the hospital. She arrives home after Lydia has left and carries on, oblivious of Gerry's infidelity, and takes two part-time jobs to pay the bills. Gerry conceals his infidelity and juggles the two women in his life; Lydia even interacts with Helen on several occasions. Helen has a number of conflicts with Gerry but discovers she's pregnant. She never manages to tell him but does tell him that she has a job interview with an international PR firm so Gerry, thinking Helen is at the interview, sees Lydia, also pregnant with his child. While there, the doorbell rings, and Lydia has Gerry answer it. Helen, standing at the door, is stunned to see Gerry as Lydia tells her she can't do the interview because she's "deciding whether or not to keep your boyfriend's baby." Helen runs off and falls down Lydia's staircase, trying to get away from Gerry, who runs after her.

In both timelines, Helen goes to the hospital and loses her baby. In the timeline in which she caught the train, she dies in the arms of her newfound love, James. In the timeline in which she didn't, she recovers and tells Gerry to leave for good. Before waking up, she sees flashes of the alternate Helen's life.

In the final scene (now taking place solely in the real "missed train" universe), James is leaving the hospital after visiting his mother, and Helen is leaving after ending her relationship with Gerry. Helen drops an earring in the lift and it is picked up by James. This mirrors the start of the film, where James picks up Helen's earring on the lift after Helen is fired from her job. Before the doors close, James tells Helen to cheer up, and repeats his line, "You know what the Monty Python boys say..." Helen (who, in the beginning of the film, assumed the rejoinder to be "always look on the bright side of life.") says, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition." She and James stare at one another, each surprised by her response. The lift doors close, leaving the audience to speculate whether it was fate or coincidence that brought Helen and James together under these circumstances.

Black [2005] - The Miracle Worker [1962]

Black (Hindi: ब्लैक, Urdu: بلیک) is a 2005 Indian film in Hindi and Indian English directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Blackrevolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself later develops Alzheimer's disease. The film is a creative adaptation of the 1962 Hollywood film The Miracle Worker starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke directed by Arthur Penn. This critically acclaimed film was adapted with certain modifications for example the female protagonist was changed to a male protagonist etc. Miracle Worker was further adapted from the 1959 play of the same title which in turn was an inspiration from Helen Keller's life and struggle.

The film was screened at the Casablanca Film Festival and the International Film Festival of India. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and eleven Filmfare Awards. Time Magazine (Europe) selected the film as one of the 10 Best Movies of the Year 2005 from across the globe. The movie was positioned at number five. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films.

The Miracle Worker is a 1962 American biographical film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay by William Gibson is based on his1959 play of the same title, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series Playhouse 90. Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the 1902 autobiography of Helen Keller.

Ghajini [2008] - Ghajini [2005] Tamil - Memento [2000]

 

Ghajini (Hindi: गजनी) is a 2008 Indian psychological thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss and produced by Tagore Madhu and Madhu Mantena. The Soundtrack and film's score is by A. R. Rahman. It is a remake of Murugadoss's own 2005 Tamil film Ghajini starring Surya Sivakumar in the lead role.The film stars Aamir Khan, Asin and Jiah Khan in lead roles while Pradeep Rawat and Riyaz Khan essay supporting roles. The Tamil version of Ghajini was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento.

The film explores the life of a rich businessman who develops anterograde amnesia following a violent encounter in which his love interest, model Kalpana, was killed. He tries to avenge the killing with the aid of Polaroid Instant camera photographs and permanent tattoos on his body.^[7] The character of Aamir Khan also featured in a 3D video game titled Ghajini - The Game, which is based on the movie. Ghajini is currently the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film according to worldwide gross collections. On release it became the highest grossing movie of all time until it was beaten by another Aamir Khan movie 3 idiots in the following year. Ghajini also holds the notable distinction of being the first movie to break the 100 crore barrier in Indian cinema.

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai [2002] - My Best Friend's Wedding [1997]

 

Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (Hindi: मेरे यार की शादी है, English: It's My Friend's Marriage) is a 2002 Indian Bollywood film directed bySanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill,Bipasha Basu and Tulip Joshi. The film was said to be partly inspired by My Best Friend's Wedding (1997). The director Gadhvi, however, claims that he mainly drew from earlier Hindi films and that My Best Friend's Wedding only provided less than 1% of the inspiration for his film

My Best Friend's Wedding is a 1997 romantic comedy film directed by P. J. Hogan. It stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Everett, and Philip Bosco.

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Commercially, it was one of the top eight highest grossing films worldwide in 1997

The soundtrack song "I Say a Little Prayer (For You)" was covered by singer Diana King and featured heavily in the film, making it aBillboard Top 100 hit. The soundtrack featured a number of Burt Bacharach/Hal David songs.