Inspiration comes from anywhere, right? We have seen many BOllywood movies inspired from some movies or TV series from a foreign land. From romantic tales to comedy of errors, thrilling plot lines to family drama, all of it truly fall into the category of perfect screenplay for dailies. And well, our television industry too has taken some deep inspirations from our Bollywood superhits.
Here we get you the list of the serials who have been adapted from Bollywood movies…
Bhaag Bakool Bhaag (Colors TV) from Saajan Chale Sasural.
Bhaag Bakool Bhaag starring Jay Soni, Sruti Rawat and Hiba Nawab is inspired from Govinda’s movie Saajan Chale Sasural. In the movie Govinda is married to both Karisma Kapoor and Tabu. In the movie, Govinda’s boss forces him to marry his daughter Tabu. The same story has been reprised by Jay Soni, Hiba Nawab and Shruti Rawat.
Sapna Babul Ka…Bidaai (Star Plus) from Vivah
Bidaai was inspired by Vivah, starring Amrita Rao and Shahid Kapoor. In the movie, there are two sisters- one who is beautiful (Poonam played by Amrita Rao) and the other with a dark complexion (Choti played by Amrita Prakash). The plot of Bidaai is also similar as its a story of two sisters Ragini (Parul Chauhan) and Sadhna (Sara Khan), where the latter is beautiful, making Ragini get belittle every time.
Dil Se Dil Tak (Colors TV) from Chori Chori Chupe Chupe
The plot of this serial is inspired from the movie Chori Chori Chupe Chupe starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukherji and Preity Zinta. In the movie Madhu (Priety Zinta), who is a pr*stitute becomes a surrogate mother to Raj (Salman Khan) and Priya’s (Rani Mukherji) child, and eventually falls in love with Raj. In the serial Teni (Jasmin Bhasin) has opted as the surrogate mother for Parth (Siddharth Sukla) and Shorvori (Rashmi Desai) and has already fallen in love with Parth.
Badho Bahu (&TV) from Dum Laga Ke Haisha
Badho Bahu is inspired from Ayushmann Khurana and Bhumi Pedneker’s movie Dum Laga Ke Haisha. In the movie Prem (Ayushmann Khurana) is forced to marry Sandhya (Bhumi Pednekar) who is overweight. Prem does not like Sandhya but gradually falls in love with her. In the serial also Lucky (Prince Narula) is forced to marry Badho (Rytasha Rathore) who is also very bulky.
Jamai Raja (Zee TV) from Jamai Raja
Jamai Raja is inspired from the movie of the same name ‘starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, and Hema Malini In the movie Raja (Anil Kapoor) falls in love with Rekha (Madhuri Dixit) who is daughter of Durgeshwari Devi (Hema Malini). Durgeshwari Devi is very rich and does not like Raja. And in order to win her heart, he starts staying in her house as a ghar jamai. The humourous and entertaining tale was adapted for Zee TV show and had Ravi Dubey, Nia Sharma and Achint Kaur play the same roles.
Dil Se Di Dua…. Saubhagyavati Bhava? (Life OK) from Daraar
The serial is inspired from the classic movie Daraar starring Rishi Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, and Arbaaz Khan. Vikram (Arbaaz Khan) is an abusive husband and constantly tries to keep his wife Priya (Juhi Chawla) in control. In the show similarly, Viraj (Karan Vir Bohra) abuses Jhanvi (Shriti Jha), his wife who has a hard time dealing with him.
Do Hanson Ka Joda (NDTV Imagine) from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
Do Hanson Ka Joda was based on Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi starring Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan. A simpleton gets married to a bubbly beautiful girl and tried his best to win her heart. In the show, Preeti (Shubahngi Atre) dreams of a picture perfect marriage but her destiny doesn’t work out and she gets married to Suryakamal (Shaleen Bhanot) who is an ordinary looking, middle class man. He is not Mr.Perfect for her but gradually she falls for him.
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