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		Home > Articles > CineGoer.com Copy Cat Crown (Part 4) CG.com Copy Cat Crown (Part 4) - Across The Seven Seas APK | August 11, 2006 Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Even as Indian words are being added into the English dictionary, even when there are thousands of stories going on in our own sub-continent, writers in Tollywood face a dearth of stories. That could explain why story-tellers are borrowing plots and story-lines, and even certain scenes and sequences (sometimes frame-to-frame) to narrate their movies. A foreign movie's plot is taken and 'Indianized'-that means to get it in context to the Indian surroundings, culture and atmosphere and narrate it our way. But the plot is essentially the same. In another attempt to come up with something innovative for our side of the planet, writers lift direct sequences be it action, romance or otherwise. This gives freshness to the story and looks really cool-if and only if you haven't watched the original version. If, unfortunately for you, you happen to know the original, then all that is left to do is squirm in your seat and wince about the action re-play. Never fret, beloved Tollywood story-tellers. CG.com is here to acknowledge your Indianizing skills. You are also in league, or should we say, the strong competitive land of CG.com Copy Cat Crown. Not just music composers, even writers and film-makers get to participate in this tongue-in-cheek attempt to enlighten one and all, including ourselves in the quest for placing the coveted crown on the right head. Today we look at the career of one the most popular and most loved writer/director of present day Telugu cinema. Undoubtedly talented and with the inherent quality of entertaining Telugu land, this creator has definitely taken much inspiration in creating all his stories and sequences. Let's start with Malliswari. The plot is that of the movie 'Roman Holiday'. And then the scenes of the movie-The hilarious dog scene of the movie is taken from 'There's Something About Mary', while the scene in Venkatesh's office involving the stamp is taken from 'Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade'. The 8-minute-long chase sequence in the mall with Venkatesh, Katrina is from 'Minority Report'. The scene with Sunil near the drainage is from 'It Happened One Night'. Whew! That was quite a list. Athadu which was written and directed (second film as a director) by him is loosely based on 'Face Off' and the climax fight sequence (much appreciated by one and all) was also borrowed from the same movie. Going back a bit, his Swayamvaram was based on a movie 'Post-wedding Bells'. Nuvve Kavali, one of the blockbusters of Telugu cinema is taken from a Malayalam movie. The scene where Prakash Raj reads the poem for his mother in Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav has been borrowed from 'Meet The Parents'. Another hit movie which gave a new lease of life to actor Venu, Chirunavvutho has the plot and a number of scenes (including the comical movie-theatre sequence with the lead pair) from the movie 'Life Is Beautiful'. Shekhar Kammula once quoted, "When there are so many stories of our own, then why do we need to borrow from other lands?" We know of somebody who can answer that question. And the crown still waits, while the crowds are restlessly waiting to vote. Do wait a little while; the best nominations are yet to come.