B'wood movies inspired from H'wood! - Anurag Basu's 'Barfi' bears a

1/16

Anurag Basu's 'Barfi' bears a stark resemblance to many Hollywood films - most of them classics. In one of the 'inspired' scenes, Ranbir twists his nose and playacts with a dummy to entertain Priyanka like it was shown in 1952 film 'Singin' In The Rain.'

In This Pic : Priyanka Chopra, Barfi, Anurag Basu

Pic Courtesy : BCCL - Non Copyright

2/16

Ranbir had obviously seen the 1999 film 'Kikujiro' before he decided to keep a nail on the road to stop a passing car.

In This Pic : Priyanka Chopra, Barf, Anurag Basu

Pic Courtesy : BCCL - Non Copyright

3/16

Ranbir plays cat and mouse with police officer Saurabh Shukla on opposite side of a sliding door just the way Charlie Chaplin did it in his 1917 film 'The Adventurer'.

In This Pic : Priyanka Chopra, Barfi, Anurag Basu

Pic Courtesy : BCCL - Non Copyright

4/16

Buster Keaton's 'Cops' (1922) inspired him to evade cops with a ladder.

In This Pic : Priyanka Chopra, Barfi, Anurag Basu

Pic Courtesy : BCCL - Non Copyright

5/16

This came as a big shocker in Bollywood. A netizen has uploaded a video comparing the ending of Sujoy Ghosh's "Kahaani" and that of the 2004 psychological thriller titled "Taking Lives" starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in the lead.

Pic Courtesy : BCCL - Non Copyright