Priyadarshan

vc on June 26th, 2007

Popcorn Entertainment had to pay 75 lakhs to the producer of the Malayalam film ‘Manhar Mathayi Speaking’, from which ‘Bhagam Bhag’ was copied. Now, producer P. Vasu is seeking damages worth 3 crores from T-Series as he claims that the story of ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ is plagiarized from his film. ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’, is a remake of [...]

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vc on May 23rd, 2006

In his new interview Priyadarshan has been very candid and reveals his philosophy and inner secrets to understand which you just need an average brain.Inspiration for his latest Hindi movie: I never come up with an idea. Sometimes it is inspired from other films that I have seen and enjoyed watching, sometimes from the films [...]

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vc on March 9th, 2006

  Rediff has an interview with Priyadarshan in which Priyan shows his arrogance and the interviewer Patcy N, her ignorance of movies. In the answer to the first question, Priyadarshan categorically says: No. I have given up ideas of doing a remake and adds the following No one else writes comedy in Kerala now, so [...]

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vc on February 27th, 2006

“Waking Ned Devine” opens with the news that someone in the Irish hamlet of Tullymore (population 53–uh, 52) has won the National Lottery. Who could it be? The locals, who have lived in one another’s pockets for years, snoop and gossip, and seize upon the slightest deviation from habit as proof that someone expects a [...]

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vc on January 6th, 2006

Here’s Priyadarshan’s Modus Operandi in Bollywood – Make a movie in Malayalam, then later remake it in Hindi. Sometimes he remakes succesful Malayalam movies directed by other directors. Now Priyadarshan says he would retire in 2 years time from commercial cinema.Is that because by then he would have remade all his malayalam movies to Hindi? [...]

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vc on December 20th, 2005

For a director who had lifted copying into an art form, this interview reeks arrogance. It was first used for the film Boeing Boeing, made in the 60s. It’s a 45-year old film and, after 25 years, there is no copyright in the world. Priyadarshan has copied many movies which are less than 25 years [...]

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vc on December 15th, 2005

In the movie Vettam (meaning Light), there is a scene where Dileep sits next to a girl who is scared of flying. He plays a few pranks on her, but later puts a stolen necklace into her bag so that he would not get caught by the police officer (Radha Ravi) traveling in the same [...]

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