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Hollywood has always been a source of inspiration for the Hindi film industry.

Many Hindi films have been either based on English films or copied entirely -- frame to frame. More commonly, they are known as remakes.

Take the recent Tehzeeb. Director Khalid Mohamed claims the film is based on Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata, adapted for the Indian audiences.

Can you spot a Hindi film remade from an English one? Take this quiz and find out!

1. Which was the Hindi version of the Patrick Swayze-Demi Moore-Whoopi Goldberg starrer Ghost?
Pyaar Ka Saaya
Bhoot
Bhoot Bungla

2. Who played Harrison Ford's Fugitive role in its Hindi remake?
Nagarjuna
Chiranjeevi
Rajinikanth

3. The Shah Rukh Khan-Aishwarya Rai starrer Josh was based on which Hollywood film?
Whole Nine Yards
West Side Story
Nel

4. The climax of the recent film Samay was copied from which Hollywood film?
Fight Club
The Fast And The Furious
Seven

5. In Deewangee, Ajay Devgan played the character of which Hollywood actor in the original, Primal Fear?
Richard Gere
John Mahoney
Edward Norton

6. Which film was Karisma Kapoor's Shakti a remake of?
The First Wives' Club
Not Without My Daughter
She Devil

7. Which Hollywood film inspired the Tushar Kapoor-Esha Deol starrer Kucch Toh Hai?
Urban Legend
Scream
I Know What You Did Last Summer

8. Which film was John Abraham and Bipasha Basu's Jism a copy of?
Double Indemnity
Fatal Attraction
Death Becomes Her

9. Which of these films was inspired by the Hollywood flick, The Rock?
Qayamat
Zameen
Awara Paagal Deewana

10. Two of Vikram Bhatt's films were inspired by What Lies Beneath. Name them.
Kasoor and Raaz
Footpath and Inteha
Raaz and Footpath


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