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David Dhawan's Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge: Contrary to popular belief, this Salman Khan-Karisma Kapoor musical is not a Hindi version of the Ju...

David Dhawan’s Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge: Contrary to popular belief, this Salman Khan-Karisma Kapoor musical is not a Hindi version of the Julia Roberts starrer, Runaway Bride, but an imitation of a film closer home. The story of a young man who must win the affection of his beloved’s four uncles before he can walk her down the aisle, here’s an all-new remake of Ek Phool Chaar Kaante.

Dinesh Shailendra’s Ladies Only: The director, son of veteran poet Shailendra, takes on the task to recreate the magic of that Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin-Dolly Parton-Dabney Coleman office comedy, 9 to 5. This Hindi effort features Randhir Kapoor as the chauvinistic boss of lady employees like Seema Biswas, Shilpa Shirodkar and Heera Rajgopalan. And there’s (producer) Kamal Haasan as a corpse!

Abbas-Mastan’s Ajnabi: Here’s a bold one. A remake of the Kevin Spacey-Kevin Kline thriller Consenting Adults, a film about wife swapping and crime, this desi drama has Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu in pivotal parts.

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David Dhawan’s Kunwara: This Govinda-Urmila Matondkar starrer has been inspired by the Keanu Reeves-romance, A Walk In The Clouds. This Hindi version which has been in the making for over two years now, is gearing up for a mid-2000 release.

Sanjay Gupta’s Jung: Featuring Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff, this one’s a direct take-off from the Michael Keaton-Andy Garcia starrer Desperate Measures, a story about a cop who must convince a dreaded criminal into donating his bone marrow to the cop’s ailing son.

David Dhawan’s untitled film for Jeetendra: Produced by yesteryear’s Jumping Jack Jeetendra, this Govinda-Sushmita Sen laugh-riot is actually DD’s version of the Jim Carrey comedy, Liar Liar, which David Dhawan was earlier scheduled to direct with Shah Rukh Khan and Karisma Kapoor for the Moranis.

Sanjay Gupta’s Kaante: This recently announced thriller featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Aditya Panscholi, Manoj Bajpai and Kumar Gaurav is the film-maker’s attempt to Indianise Quentin Tarantino’s debut directing effort, Reservoir Dogs, which itself had been lifted from the Hong Kong Chinese film, City On Fire.