Thread by @PolitiCrooks

1/3.. #FridayFunfax.. The full name of the movie is "A kiss before dying".. The 1991 version was a remake of the 1956 version of the same name in Hollywood... The much acclaimed "Baazigar" of @iamsrk was just a cheap copy of the Matt Dillon character..

https://twitter.com/kamaalrkhan/status/1590608662208577537

2/3.. #FridayFunfax Of course, @kamaalrkhan is not entirely accurate. "Baazigar" was not a total copy.. You see.. Matt Dillion uses a computer while @iamsrk uses the good old typewriter. So there is indeed some inspirational modification in cheap Bollywood

https://twitter.com/PolitiCrooks/status/1590880875126099970

3/3.. #FridayFunfax.. @kamaalrkhan is also inaccurate when he says "Baazigar" started the cheap copy problem. Bollywood has been a cheap CopyCat since the 1960s.. And Copyright existed way back.. the first movie to be sued for c/r was "Manoranjan" (1974)..

https://twitter.com/PolitiCrooks/status/1590880875126099970

Should anyone be interested... the Hollywood adaptation of "Irma La Douce" is available free on Dailymotion> dailymotion.com/video/x80dia2 ..

https://twitter.com/legalshishya/status/1590899799599222785

As if Hrishikesh Mukherjee is some angel... His "Abhiman" was a desi copy of "A star is born"... and "Namak Haram" is also a desi version of "Beckett"... All Indian movie makers are copy cats..

https://twitter.com/vastalitech/status/1590926261819682816