Copycat Pakistanis

Well, i have been posting these links on twitter and facebook all day but thought of consolidating them together in this post. I got to know through links on twitter about the striking similarities between the famous 1954 patriotic Indian film Jagriti (जागृति) and the 1957 Pakistani film Bedari (बेदारी). The guys in Pakistan simply picked up the Indian classic and copied it scene by scene, replacing India by Pakistan! They also dared to refer to Kashmir in many places. To support my point, let me show some examples of a couple of songs from the two movies:

The first is the famous song Aao Bachchon Tumhen Dikhayen Jhanki Hindustan Ki (आओ बच्चों तुम्हें दिखाएँ झांकी हिंदुस्तान की) from Jagriti -

…and this is what the Pakistanis came up with in Bedari -

The other song is yet another classic, Hum Layen Hain Toofan Se Kashti (हम लायें हैं तूफ़ान से कश्ती) -

…the Pakistanis managed to copy this one too -

The mentioning of Kashmir in the last paragraph of this song is disappointing.

It is surprising to see that the film industry of Pakistan is so very deprived of ideas and motivation towards their country that they have to rely on Indian movies to make ‘patriotic’ movies of their own. This is an eye-opener for all the Pakistanis and also for the Indians that it is not only the political and military front where the Pakistanis are troubling India, but also in the world of movies and entertainment.

One more shocking fact is that one of the actors of Jagriti, Ratan Kumar, moved to Pakistan and later was the lead actor in Bedari!

If any reader has got more information about the story behind these films or any other similr topic, please post in the comment section, along with your views.