Some of them are inspired, and some have been straight frame by frame, scene by scene remakes. In the earlier days they got away with this, but not now …. hail the Internet
Feel free to add more and point out any mistakes.
Fight Club – Fight Club
Akele Hum Akele Tum – Kramer vs Kramer
Paap – Witness
Zeher – Out of Time
Main Aisa Hi Hoon – I Am Sam
Heyy Babyy – Three Men and a Baby
Agneepath – Used a lot of references to Scarface
Road – The Hitcher
Dhamaal – Rat Race
Black – The Miracle Worker
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – Some scenes inspired from Bad Boys
Salaam Namaste – Nine Months (1995)
Kyon Ki – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Kucch To Hai – I Know What you did Last Summer (1997)
Awara Paagal Deewana – The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Deewangee – Primal Fear (1996)
Kartoos – Point of No Return (1993)
Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai – American Pie (1999)
Yaarana – Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Murder – Unfaithful (2002)
Krrish – Some part inspired from Paycheck
Dil lage – Sabrina
Mein Anari tu khiladi – The hard way
The Train – Derailed
Speed – Cellular
Malamaal Weekly – Waking Ned Divine
Ek Ajnabee – Man on Fire
The Killer – Collateral
Raaz – What Lies Beneath
Kaante – Reservoir Dogs
Chocolate – The Usual Suspects
Alag – Powder
Deewane Huye Paagal – There’s Something About Mary
Hum Tum – When Harry Met Sally /Before Sunset
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai – My Best Friend’s Wedding
Aap Ki Khatir – The Wedding Date
Kyonki Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta – Liar Liar
Papi Gudia – Child’s Play
Zinda – Old Boy (Korean Movie, not Hollywood)
Main Hoon Na – Never Been Kissed
Dil Hai ki Manta nahi – It Happenned One night / Sure Thing
Ram Jaane – Angels with Dirty Face
Phir Hera Pheri – Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Taxi # 9211 – Changing Lanes
Aak Ruka Hua Faisala – 12 Angry men
sadak – taxi driver
darr – cape fear
takkar – unlawful entry (also see fareb)
Bachke Rehna Re Baba – Heartbreakers
Bunty aur Babli – Bonnie & Clyde
Kya Kool Hain Hum – The Monster
Maine Pyar kyun kiya – Cactus Flower
Yakeen – Shattered
Ghulam – On the waterfront
Aitbaar – Fear
Sholay – The seven samurai / magnificent seven
munnabhai mbbs – patch adms
ghajini – Memento
God father – inspired Sarkar and Sarkar Raj
Bruce Almighty – God Tussi Great ho
Kahi Pyar na Ho Jaye – The Wedding Singer
Life in a metro – the Apartment
u me aur hum – the notebook
love story 2050 – the time machine
Mr ya miss – Switch
sequel to partner – Wedding crashers
Omkara – othello
aitraaz – disclosure
Chori chori – house sitter
ek hasina thi – double jeporody
musafir – U turn
mujshe shaadi karogi – anger management
qayamat – the rock
kuch kuch hota hain – sleepless in seattle
chak de india – miracle on ice
jab we met – a walk in the clouds
race – bad lovers
andaz apna apna – dirty rotten squandrel
dhoom2 – payback
Naksha – The Rundown (2003) / Welcome to the Jungle
Tathastu – John Q
Shaadi Se Pehle – Meri Biwi Ki Shaadi
Rang De Basanti – All My Sons
Mr Ya Miss – Hot Chic
Sauda The Deal – Indecent Proposal
Aabra Ka Dabra – Harry Potter
Dhoom – The Fast and the Furious & Ocean’s Eleven
Taarzan: The Wonder Car – Christine
Koi Mil Gaya – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Forrest Gump
Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai – Meet the Parents
3 Deewarein – The Shawshank Redemption
Chor Machaaye Shor – Blue Streak & Hindi Movie Gol Maal
Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi – The Parent Trap
Karobaar: The Business of Love – Indecent Proposal
Baadshah – Nick Of Time, The Mask, Rush Hour, Mr. Nice Guy
Judwaa – Comedy of Errors/ The Twin Dragons.
Fareb – Unlawful Entry (also see takkar)
Agni Sakshi – Sleeping with the Enemy
Daraar – Sleeping with the Enemy
Criminal – The Fugitive
Hum Hain Kamaal Ke – See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Akayla – Cobra
Main Azaad Hoon – Meet John Doe
Maalamaal – Brewster’s Millions
Janbaaz – Duel in the Sun
The Burning Train – Shinkansen Daibakuha
Partner - Hitch
Bichhoo – Léon
Hum kaun hai – The Others
Bazigar – A kiss before dying
36 China Town – Once Upon a Crime
Jism – Body Heat
Raghu Romeo – Atame! (also known as Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down)
Dansh – Death and the Maiden
Sangharsh – Silence of the Lambs
Ek Din 24 Ghante – Lola Rennt (also known as Run Lola Run)
Gulzar’s classic Parichay – The Sound of Music
Josh – West Side Story
Dostana – I now pronounce you chuck and larry
Bluffmaster – Matchstick Men
I am not a final authority on Bollywood. My views are my own. Please feel free to disagree with the comparisons made here. I wrote this ‘coz I obviously felt there wore some striking similarities.

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March 11, 2009 at 6:06 pm
ATUL
Naksha is also a copy of Welcome to Jungle and please check 13 B is a copy of?
March 13, 2009 at 6:42 am
kaps
Thanks Atul. I dont think 13B is a copy of any movie. Though 1408 is also about a bit similar topic, but then they are different movies.
August 14, 2009 at 10:16 am
SoonoImmara
Hi!
Nice post
Respect!
August 23, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Jeez
Dhai Akshar prem K And Kunwara of Govinda is also A Copy of A Walk in to clouds.
August 23, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Jeez
13 b Is Copied from A Horror Movie Ring .
November 9, 2009 at 7:52 am
Ashwani
Sir
its really nice collection, but i think you’ve missed some titles
1 Chori- Chori = It Happened One Night
2 Satte pe Satta = Seven Bride For Seven Brothers(some part)
3 Pyar Ka Sayaa – Ghost
4 Mother india – Aurat ( Infact both are Mehbob Khan’s movie)
5 Hum Aapke Hai koun – Nadiya ke paar( both Rajshree production)
6 Dharmaatma – The Godfather
7 phool our kaante – The godfather
8 soldier – The check post shootout scene was inspired from scene of The Godfather
9 Mann – Love Affair
10 Bade Dil Wala – It could happen to you ( starring Nicholas Cage)
November 23, 2009 at 4:12 pm
kaps
Yeah I had missed out on these. Thanks for updating the list with the info. Let’s keep track of more, there are definitely more remakes than I think I have managed to cover here.
November 26, 2009 at 8:07 am
ashwani
Thanks but I’ve missed some of them
like
The Bourne Identity – tumko na bhool payenge (the basic theme of memory loss of Jeson Bourne aka salman khan)
Sauda (1995) – Indecent proposal
Karrobar – Indecent proposal
Aitbaar – Dial M for murder
Yuva – Loosely connected to Amores Perros(Spainesh)
(Dimple Kapadia and Suresh Oberoi)
Bees Saal Baad (older) – Hound Of Baskerwillies
Chori chori chupke chupke – Pretty woman
Humraaz – Basic Plot was same as of Dial M For Murder(Alfred Hitchkock’s Classic)
(Bobbi beol and Akshay Kumar)
I think Abbas Mastan were only inspired from Hollywood, There movies like Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Badshah, Soldier, Humraaz , Baazigar are all INSPIRED from hollywood in some extent
November 27, 2009 at 3:25 am
kaps
Thanks Ashwani. Sauda and Aitbaar i have covered in the list. What I feel is that there is a dearth of good scriptwriters in bollywood. Almost every bollywood movie is either a complete remake, or has shades of or has at least some sequence copied from hollywood movies.
April 5, 2010 at 6:19 am
Harsh Patel
Maalamaal Weekly
More close to hollywood movie: Brewster’s Millions (1985) as compared to Waking Ned Divine. Thanks a lot for your wonderful efforts !!!
April 5, 2010 at 6:23 am
Harsh Patel
The Bollywood Movie “Sauda” is also very close to Hollywood Movie : The Deal (2005) Thanks a lot mate !!!
June 22, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Abhishek Choudhary
watched “Rain Man” today, a 1988 movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise…
YUVVRAAJ is a bad copy of this great flick….
August 25, 2010 at 11:38 am
chiru
Aisha – Clueless
January 16, 2011 at 11:03 am
dhinchaak
Aisha is based on the novel ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen.
January 14, 2011 at 8:14 am
Cassive
Hi,thx 4 da article…It wil help me to be a real movie viewer
January 16, 2011 at 10:59 am
dhinchaak
this is a great list, Kaps!!
I seriously never thought that my fav. films like ‘andaz apna apna – dirty rotten squandrel’ & ‘Rang De Basanti – All My Sons’ were also a copy…so sad..
Sholay is actually a mixture of number of foreign films. Also the characters of Jailor (Asrani) and Jai-Veeru (Dharam-Amit) are unoriginal. Major scenes of Sholay are copied from ‘Once Upon A Time In The West.’
Hindi ‘Fight Club’ is entirely different than David Fincher’s ‘Fight Club.’ But still hindi Fight Club sucks.