English
:
Planes,
Trains
and
Automobiles
(1987)
Tamil
:
Anbe
Sivam
(2003)
The
striking
similarities
between
the
English
and
the
Tamil
flick
is
how
Neal
Page
first
considers
Del
Griffith
to
be
the
reason
for
his
travelling
woes
and
their
never
ending
arguments.
Like
in
Planes,
Trains
and
Automobiles,
Madhavan
first
assumes
that
Kamal
haasan
has
a
family
of
his
own
and
later
realizes
that
Kamal
doesn't
have
a
family
and
invites
him
to
join
his
family
function
where
he
introduces
his
family
members.
English
:
Mrs.
Doubtfire
(1993)
Tamil
:
Avvai
Shanmughi
(1996)
There
are
a
lot
of
similarities
between
these
two
movies.
In
Avvai
Shanmughi,
Kamal
plays
the
role
essayed
by
Robin
Williams
in
Mrs.
Doubtfire.
The
climax
of
Avvai
Shanmughi
differs
from
that
of
Mrs.
Doubtfire
but
the
plot
remains
to
be
the
same.
English
:
What
About
Bob?
(1991)
Tamil
:
Thenali
(2000)
Thenali's
storyline
is
astonishingly
similar
to
that
of
What
About
Bob?
From
how
the
protagonist
suffering
from
multiple
phobias
follows
his
psychiatrist
where
he
camps
with
his
family
to
how
he
steals
the
show
in
an
interview
which
is
originally
meant
for
the
doctor.
Even
the
climax
is
strikingly
similar
where
the
hero
is
strapped
with
explosives
calling
it
as
a
''death
therapy'' and
how
the
hero
overcomes
his
fears
and
places
the
explosives
in
the
doctor's
house
thinking
it
to
be
a
fake
bomb
used
only
to
relieve
him
from
his
fears.
English
:
Tie
Me
Up!
Tie
Me
Down!
(1990)
Tamil
:
Guna(1991)
The
similarity
between
these
two
movies
is
how
a
psychiatric
patient
kidnaps
a
female
in
order
to
make
her
fall
in
love
with
him.
He
believes
his
destiny
is
to
marry
her
and
father
her
children.
Though
the
rest
of
the
plot
differs,
the
characterization
of
the
protagonist
is
similar.
English
:
Hardcore
(1979)
Tamil
:
Mahanadi
(1994)
This
film
is
about
how
the
lead
role
who
is
a
prosperous
local
businessman
regains
his
lost
daughter
who
is
kidnapped
and
later
becomes
a
victim
of
human
trafficking.
Though
Mahanadi
is
adapted
according
to
the
Indian
audience,
the
plot
again
remains
to
be
the
same.
English
:
Nine
to
Five
(1980)
Tamil
:
Magalir
Mattum
(1994)
Though
Kamal
Haasan
has
just
done
a
guest
role,
the
movie
was
produced
and
written
by
the
actor
himself.
The
similarity
in
this
movie
with
Nine
to
Five
is
how
three
women
manages
to
tie
up
their
officer
in
his
own
house
owing
to
his
bad
behaviour
with
them
and
increase
the
productivity
in
their
office
in
his
absence.
English
:
Green
Card
(1990)
Tamil:
Nala
Damayanthi
(2003)
Again
like
Magalir
Mattum,
this
movie
is
written
and
produced
by
Kamal
Haasan.The
plot
of
this
movie
is
very
similar
to
that
of
Green
Card
where
a
foreigner
marries
a
local
resident
to
become
a
citizen
of
the
country
he
intends
to
reside
in.
English
:
The
Bachelor
(1999)
Tamil:
Pammal
K.
Sambandam
(2002)
In
Bachelor,
the
hero
finds
out
that
his
recently-deceased
grandfather's
will
says
that
he
gets
nothing
of
a
multi-million
dollar
property
unless
he's
married
by
6:05pm
on
his
30th
birthday.
Sounds
similar
to
the
plot
of
Pammal
K.
Sambandam?
English
:
The
Principal
(1987)
Tamil
:
Nammavar
(1994)
A
few
of
many
similarities
between
these
two
movies
are
how
the
hero
tries
to
get
rid
of
narcotics
trade
within
the
campus
and
how
he
tries
to
fight
against
the
most
notorious
student
by
literally
engaging
in
a
fight
against
him.
English
:
Butterflies
Are
Free
(1972)
Tamil
:
Raaja
Paarvai
(1981)
This
classic
is
Kamal
Haasan's
100th
film
and
is
an
inspiration
from
Butterflies
Are
Free
in
which
the
protagonist
is
blind
and
how
his
relationship
develops
with
the
girl
next
door
who
eventually
fall
in
love
with
each
other.