Main Aisa Hi Hoon
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| Main Aisa Hi Hoon(TV-Y7) | |
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 Movie poster for Main Aisa Hi Hoon |
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| Directed by | Harry Baweja |
| Produced by | Pammi Baweja |
| Written by | Harry Baweja, Bhavani Iyer, Anurag Kashyap |
| Starring | Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen, Esha Deol, Anupam Kher, Rucha Vaidya |
| Music by | Himesh Reshammiya |
| Cinematography | Ayananka Bose |
| Distributed by | T-Series |
| Release date(s) | May 6, 2005 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Main Aisa Hi Hoon (Hindi: मैं ऐसा ही हूँ, Urdu: میں ایسا ہی ہوں) is a Bollywood film released in 2005. It was directed by Harry Baweja and stars Ajay Devgan, Sushmita Sen, Esha Deol and Anupam Kher.
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[edit] Synopsis
Mentally challenged Indraneel Thakur (Ajay Devgan) works as a waiter in a coffee shop while he raises his daughter Gungun (Rucha Vaidya) as a single parent. Gungun loves him very much and in an attempt to remain at his level, refuses to go to school.
Gungun's mother Maya Trivedi (Esha Deol) came into Neel's life when she needed someone desperately. After giving birth to her she disappeared never to be seen again. For seven years Neel has looked after the child and both are happy together. However Maya's father Dayanath Trivedi (Anupam Kher) comes to India for one thing: his granddaughter. He soons takes Neel to court. With the help of the townspeople he is introduced to Niti Singh (Sushmita Sen), a lawyer and single mother dealing with her own problems. A custody battle ensues
[edit] Cast
- Ajay Devgan ... Indraneel "Neel" Thakur
- Sushmita Sen ... Advocate Niti Sinha
- Esha Deol ... Maya D. Trivedi
- Anupam Kher ... Dayanath Trivedi
- Rucha Vaidya ... Gungun
- Anjaan Srivastav ... Divesh Mathur
- Lillete Dubey ... Ritu
- Naresh Suri ... Judge
[edit] Accusations of plagiarism
The film was publicly accused of plagiarism in this PlanetBollywood review [1]. It is said to resemble the Hollywood film I Am Sam (2001).
- Similarities: Both films feature a mentailly retarded man who workes as a waiter in a coffee shop. He is a single parent taking care of a daughter. In both films, the daughter refuses to continue her education because she does not want to be smarter than her father, and a custody dispute ensues. The waiter hires a female lawyer who is having trouble bringing up her own son. Some of the dialogue in the Bollywood film is said to be a simple translation into Hindi of the dialogue in the Hollywood film.
- Differences: In the Hollywood version, the waiter gives up his daughter to a foster family. In the Bollywood version, the waiter marries his lawyer and they win custody. In the Hollywood version, the custody suit is initiated by a social worker who thinks that the daughter would be better off in a "normal" family; in the Bollywood version, it is the girl's grandfather fighting for custody.
