Re: Best Indian movie for 2007?
To be clear, I am not putting down “Life in a Metro” just because it was lifted from a Hollywood movie (In fact, in my opinion, copied movies and songs do a service to the section of the audience who would not otherwise ever see and appreciate the originals).
My point is this - among the many Hindi movies that are copied from Hollywood - “Life in a Metro” is one of the most blatant… I mean every single scene is lifted from the original (barring the song and dance of course and some sprinkling of Desi mirch/masala). That is the reason I said that it would be very unethical of the producers of LIM to have not bought the copyrights of “The Apartment”. (though I would admit that I am no expert in how these copyrights thing works for movies - why some people buy it, why some people don’t and its legal ramifications)
The original movie - “The Apartment”- is an Academy Award winning 1960 movie in Black and White - it is a Hollywood Classic which many of us Desis apparently haven’t seen.