Indians flavours on Hollywood salver

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">In the last decade, Bollywood has thrived on ideas it has taken from the Mecca of cinema worldwide.<br /><br />For several Hollywood flicks have inspired many a director to revolutionise the Indian film industry with a supposedly new insight into the art of filmmaking.<br /><br />Where some have succeeded, many have bombed at the boxoffice.<br /><br />But what has been a process of ''take'' by Bollywood till now, has grown to include ''give'' to Hollywood as well. A new symbiotic relationship seems to be developing between the two industries.<br /><br />Just to recount, the concept of flicking ideas came into focus when the playful attraction between Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">French Kiss</span> turned to intense romance between Kajol and Ajay Devgan in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha.</span> The mystery of the Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeifer starrer <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">What Lies Beneath </span>became a resounding success when Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu haunted all in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Raaz.</span> Many more followed, the most recent being<span style="" font-style:="" italic=""> Hum Tum</span> (copy of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">When Harry Met Sally</span> – Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal) and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Murder</span> (remake of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Unfaithful</span> – Richard Gere, Diane Lane).<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div class="Normal"><br />"It''s inevitable in an industry that has run out of fresh ideas to rework American scripts," several trade analysts in Mumbai have been quoted as saying.<br /><br />Even discerning audiences, though complaining about the mediocrity of our film industry, have lapped up all that Bollywood has put on the platter until now. But hope floats, as films like Ashutosh Gowarikar''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Lagaan </span>have been nominated for the Oscars.<br /><br />After so many years of lifting ideas, the <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">firangis</span> are now coming to our shores. For starters, a huge portion of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Bourne Supremacy </span>starring Matt Damon has been shot in Goa. More filmmakers from the West should be making their way to the Indian subcontinent with the genuine richness it offers, in terms of people and culture. With stalwarts like Yash Chopra having commented "If we have been going to Hollywood for ideas, it isn''t long when they''ll be coming here", the process has got underway with chart toppers like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Troy, Spiderman</span> and recently <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Village</span> proving that Indian curry is very much a part of world cuisine right now.<br /><br />Authentic <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Jaipuri</span> jewellery worn by the actors of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Troy</span>, the mushy plot of an essentially action flick like <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Spiderman,</span> and also parts of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Village,</span> remind us of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt''s words declaring that Hollywood can''t help but be affected by Indian melodrama. If his words prove prophetic, the Indian film industry should enjoy a status as never before.</div> </div>