Re: Quiz
Sudesh K Pillutla (sudesh@wt.net)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 17:08:12 -0600
We are so used copying from english whether it is movies or music, I guess
it does not pinch us that much. I also wonder if
"Forest Gump" is a copy of "swAti mutyam" and "Leaving Las Vegas" that of
"dEvadAsu" (if not in toto, in concept)
sudesh
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> From: Padma Indraganti <padmai@engr.csulb.edu>
> To: telusa@cs.wisc.edu
> Subject: Re: Quiz
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997 2:32 PM
>
> > Quiz
> >
> > The following quiz appeared in Andhraprabha weekly dated December 1,
1997
> > in a feature 'tera-kattera' run by mallaadi venkaTakRUshNamoorti.
> ..
> [Quiz edited for brevity]
>
> I think araNyakAnDa is a #makkI ki makkI# copy of Sheldon's
> "If Tomorrow Comes". (Or is it another novel by KGR?) On a related
> note, it seems to me that copying and adapting English material is
> nothing new to telugu vALLu. From the movie "iddaru(manchi?) mitrulu"
> based on O. Henry's short story "After twenty years" to Kamal Hasan's
> recent hit "bhamanE satya bhAmanE" based on the American movie
> "Mrs. Doubtfire", there have been countless adaptations of
> English movies and stories. What always intrigued me is, are they
> done with the respective author/producer's consent? If not isn't
> it blatant plagiarism? Can anyone throw some light on this? Thanks,
>
> -- Padma "Imitation is not always the sincerest form of flattery!"
>
> PS: I wonder why telugu movie producers, who are always eager to copy
> English stories, ignored P.G.Wodehouse completely. I think some of PGW's
> comedies can be "telugized" very easily and would make wonderful telugu
> movies.