Bollywood “drawing inspiration” from Hollywood and other parts of the world is nothing new. It has happened in the past and will continue forever. It has happened in movies, ads, music and what not. The latest to join that list is the much publicized Kuch Nahi Ho Sakta video of Lead India. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani (whose debutant directorial venture Dostana drew copious amounts of inspiration from I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), this video is undoubtedly inspired from the Don’t Vote, a series of videos produced last year by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way to encourage the youth of America into voting. Except for the fact that the English version has a much largest starcast and speaks of sending the website url to five more friends, the videos follow pretty much the same pattern, with the stars initially vehemently asking the viewers not to vote in a sarcastic manner and then asking people to vote.
Since the inspiration has happened for a noble cause it can be overlooked in the normal case, but what is annoying is the mere cheek of Tarun Mansukhani to refute the claims of inspiration in spite of such striking resemblances!! If you cannot be original and have indeed drawn inspiration, why don’t you just put your hands up and admit it, at least when you are cornered?

Kuch Nahi Ho Sakta

Don’t Vote

Don’t Vote – Sequel

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