{
  "id": 16001673,
  "title": "From ‘borrowed’ plots to licensed remakes: Bollywood’s long relationship with Hollywood",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/from-borrowed-plots-to-licensed-remakes-bollywoods-long-relationship",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/thepost/entertainment/2026-10-22-from-borrowed-plots-to-licensed-remakes-bollywoods-long-relationship-with-hollywood/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For decades, Hindi cinema adapted foreign films with little formal licensing. From Sholay and Kaante to Ghajini and Laal Singh Chaddha, these remakes reveal how Indian filmmakers transformed borrowed stories for local audiences.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}