After his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, we can understand why Aamir Khan wants to remake Forrest Gump (1994) -
because he feels particularly compassionate towards and likes to look at the good in differently abled people who are usually the targets
of ridicule in society. Plus it would be the perfect remake, because Aamir actually resembles Tom Hanks
Ghajini (2008) may have been one of Aamir's hit in recent years,
but as we know only too well, it is a remake twice removed from reality.
The 'original' on which the Hindi Ghajini was based was a Tamil film also called Ghajini.
It was also made by A.R Murugadoss, it also starred Asin and it was also a copy of the Hollywood flick Memento (2000).
Aamir Khan not being honest when he said Ghajini isn't based on Memento (2000).
Instead, it just copied the look and the basic idea and was moulded into a typical Indian masala film. And the result is history!
Akele Hum Akele Tum was one of Bollywood's most moving films. It is another matter,
that Kramer vs Kramer, the film which it has copied frame by frame, was one of Hollywood's most moving films.
The role essayed by Aamir Khan in Akele Hum... was 'based on' the role played by Dustin Hoffman
in Kramer vs Kramer (1979). It really was a perfect copy.
One of Aamir's talents is his comic timing. He acted alongside Pooja Bhatt in Dil Hai Ki Maanta Nahi (1991),
a popular romantic comedy that was loved by one and all. But was this one of Bollywood's original genius ideas? Not at all.
Dil Hai Ki Maanta Nahi is copied from It Happened One Night (1934), and the role played by
Aamir in Dil Hai Ki... is based on the role originally played by Clark Gable.
The 1992 flick Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar was described as something based on the Archie-Betty-Veronica love triangle,
but it was borrowed more heavily from America than just Archie comics.
The friends, the love triangle and most importantly, the cycle race - these element of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar,
and in fact its entire storyline was picked from the 1979 Hollywood flick Breaking Away.
The 1999 Bollywood film Mann starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala had a tragic story,
but this tragedy too had its origins far far away in Hollywood.
The story of Mann was copied from the story of An Affair To Remember (1959). In this film,
Aamir's character was the Indian counterpart of the character played by Cary Grant.
One of Aamir's most daring roles was in the film Ghulam,
but this too was not an original Bollywood idea.
Ghulam was based on the 1954 Hollywood flick On the Waterfront.
With this film, Aamir got to recreate the role played by
the legendary Marlon Brando.
It seems Aamir got into the remaking business right from the moment he entered Bollywood.
His first film as an adult actor was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, and a hit as the film was,
the idea was, quite literally, centuries old.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak can't really be called a remake, because it wasn't a copy of a film,
but was based on Shakespeare's most famous tragedy - Romeo and Juliet.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak can't really be called a remake, because it wasn't a copy of a film,
but was based on Shakespeare's most famous tragedy - Romeo and Juliet.
In 1965, Shashi Kapoor acted as a poor Kashmiri boatman who falls in love
with a rich lady in Jab Jab Phool Khile.
