KARACHI: Pakistani actor Shaan says that Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Happy New Year is a copy of the Hollywood George Clooney starrer Ocean’s 12, reports Gulf News.
“Happy New Year is what — Ocean’s 12? Let’s be honest. They have to realise that they don’t have any scripts anymore, whatever scripts they have, it starts to become an art film,” said Shaan in an interview with Tabloid! on Monday.
The Operation O21 star is in Abu Dhabi for the International Showbiz Expo.
It has been reported that he will speak about the growth of Pakistani cinema at the expo along with potential production opportunities.
Shaan is also expected to walk the red carpet on the opening night of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on Thursday.
“Us actors don’t have to win votes, so we don’t have to belittle each other. Actors can still be friends. We can still make good films and go beyond boundaries. That will only happen if major stakeholders like Shah Rukh or Aamir shoot a film in Pakistan,” he said.
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@Pakistani:
O21 poster copy of SKYFALL. Even the photo. Black Suit and black tie. all copy of DANIEL CRAIG look from SKYFALL. O21 poor wannabe spy thriller like James Bond 007. O21 already flopped badly. I saw the trailer and puked. "Lithium and $1 trillion dollars in Afg can be use for cellphones and computer batteries". Hahahaha. what a joke! Shaan talks about pakistani scripts when 021 has no script or screenplay. 2nd day people walked out of Karachi, Lahore cinemas. Style, camera angles, photography tried hard to copy SKYFALL but result is absolute disaster.
Dedh Ishqiya: original Ishqiya: original Mardani: original Madras Cafe: original Bullett Raja: original Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam: original Ankkhon Dekhi: original
There are tons more.
Salman Khan making south Remakes with bigger budget to get to 100 crores. nothing wrong with it. Hollywood has made tons of remakes themselves..
Shaan cannot act even if his life depends on it. That same constipated look in every film.He should not even utter comments regarding Actors and stars that are much much much bigger than him.
@Pakistani: salman khan is copying Indian films...Telugu, Tamil, malyalam are our own industries....
But Why Ocean 12? He could have said Ocean 11. Right? in any case I am not in a position to comment as I have not seen the movie. Similar storyline doesn't mean that a movie is copy. Also just point out to people here that Copying and Remakes are two different things.
Bollywood actors has always copied films from Hollywood. Bang Bang was a copy of Tom Cruise's Knight & Day 2010 & now SRK's Happy New Year too. Salman Khan (The Copy King of Bollywood) ---------------------------------------- 1- Kick (2014) is a Telugu copy of Kick (2009) 2- Jai ho (2014) is a Telugu copy of movie of Jai Ho 3- Ready (2011) is a Telugu copy of Ready (2008) 4- Bodyguard (2011) is a Malayalam copy of Bodyguard (2010) 5- Wanted (2009) is a Tamil copy of Pokkiri (2007)
Have you seen any of the following movies? Queen, Kahani, Dirty Picture, No One Killed Jessica, Talaash, Oh my God, Hasee to phasee, Finding Fanny, Daawat-e-Ishq, Special 26, Jolly LLB, 2 States, Khubsoorat, Aashiqui 2, Haider?
Each story is different and nt one of them is 'an art movie'.
Also you are the one that is always taking potshots not Indian actors, so to talk about no-one needing votes and hence not criticizing the other is disingenuous
Also exactly why should SRK or Amir shoot a film in Pakistan. What's in it for them?
true that, crap movie