Top 7 Hollywood Films: Bollywood has hardly ever operated sans the periodic glances towards Hollywood; however, here we are seeing an occasional reverse trend. Certain themes, stories, or emotional ranges have been taken from much-beloved Bollywood classics to be recreated on Hollywood screens. Thus, here are seven Hollywood productions that seem to resonate very closely with their Indian compatriots.

1. Jab We Met (2007) – Leap Year (2010)

Leaps Year, the romantic road trip of love, did owe some inspiration to the direction of Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met, representing the dynamic yet adorably kooky Geet and the heartbroken Aditya. Both movies pay homage to the classic tale of maverick couples getting embroiled in some unintended adventure, ending up in love in the most unlikely way.

2. Vicky Donor (2012) – Delivery Man (2013)

Vicky Donor tells the tale of a sperm donor, young and adorable, making fun of the social stigma attached to infertility. Its Hollywood remake is called Delivery Man, in which the protagonist learns he has fathered hundreds of children via his sperm donations. Although they differ in tone, their basic ideas feel eerily alike.

3. A Wednesday! (2008) – A Common Man (2013)

In an exhilarating story of a man taking justice in his hands against terrorism, the movie A Common Man, starring Ben Kingsley, was splendidly adapted from A Wednesday!. The story, the tension, and the moral ambiguity shine with powerful storytelling; let it be A Wednesday!

4. Chhoti Si Baat (1976) – Hitch (2005)

Chhoti Si Baat is about a timid man who seeks help in winning the girl he loves, whereas Hitch is about a dating consultant finding love for his clients-with quite a lot of humor along the way.

5. Charulata (1964) – Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

Satyajit Ray’s poetic spiritual drama Charulata echoes that of Forty Shades of Blue in that both films revolve around a lonely woman tied in a strained relationship with one man who finds emotional refuge in another.

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6. Sangam (1964) – Pearl Harbor (2001)

Both films lend to a love triangle backdrop set to the urgency of war. With emotional tension and loyalty as the theme.

7. Darr (1993) – Fear (1996)

Darr’s obsessive lover plotline inspired Fear, a psychological thriller where love becomes supremely possessive.

Sure, Hollywood has the bucks. But, Bollywood has its heart in place, and once in a while, its story too.

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