Bollywood Did It First! The Internet Points Out That Sanjay Dutt's Luck Was The OG 'Squid Game'
People think Netflix's Squid Game is a copy of Bollywood film Luck, which starred Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Shruti Haasan among others and was based on Spanish thriller film Intacto.
Korean drama Squid Game is on the track to become the most popular show on Netflix ever. People all over the world are going bonkers over the gruesome and gory story. So much so, that it has 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes by the critics.
However, Indians think it's nothing new that they haven't seen before.
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A lot of the fans after watching Squid Game have stated that Bollywood did it first with 2009 film Luck, which starred Mithun Chakraborty, Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan and Shruti Haasan among others.
But was Luck was based on an original script/idea/concept?
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The film was also based on Spanish thriller film Intacto that had released in 2001.
The story followed several contestants who engaged in games of luck, wherein on the basis of luck, the unlucky were eliminated and the games were turned riskier than the last.
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This indeed reminds us of Squid Game, a show that's definitely not meant for faint hearts.
In this show, a number of players who are in deep debt compete against each other to play children's games that are indeed deadly. If you lose, you die. If you win, you a share in $38.5 million prize.
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Similarly, in Luck and Spanish film Intacto, people in dire need of money get a chance to turn their luck around by playing a deadly game as people bet on them.
Of course, people are going bonkers.
#SquidGame , a mafia leader, gives a bunch of people an opportunity to turn their luck around and earn a hefty amount. They are required to deadly play games while people bet on game #SquidGame Sounds similar? Its #Bollywood movie #luck released in 2009
¡ª Tanya sharma (@TanyaSharma_94) September 30, 2021
Bollywood did squid game first yall pic.twitter.com/EFjgKuQjbn
¡ª adith?? (@rasputinforeal) October 1, 2021
#SquidGame reminds me of #Bollywood movie #luck
¡ª Tanya sharma (@TanyaSharma_94) September 30, 2021
Ok does #SquidGames remind anyone else of that Sanjay Dutt, Shruti Haasan film LUCK?! It¡¯s like the TV show form of the movie! #SquidGame #HellWeek #Bollywood #BigBrother #sanjaydutt #ImranKhan #ShrutiHaasan #BB23Finale #MyUniverseMVMidnight #Netflix
¡ª Tanisha G (@TwinMomTravels) September 30, 2021
WHO SAID SQUID GAME IS COOL AND DARK??!!!!
¡ª narddog13 (@narddog131) October 1, 2021
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED IMRAN KHAN'S LUCK#azmmaluck #bollywood #india #SquidGames
Completed #SquidGame and really entertained myself a lot.. But felt like its an extended version of our own #Bollywood movie #Luck in 2009.. It has Musa bhai by @duttsanjay, a lot better than #FrontMan
¡ª Ambar Shah (@ambar_2015) September 30, 2021
Squid game is the advanced version of luck (Bollywood movie)
¡ª shruti? (@NSYHJKTJJ) September 30, 2021
I said what I said?
you know i don¡¯t understand hype about squid game that show is 3rd class copy of bollywood movie Luck https://t.co/DPXTV0Gg6N
¡ª appy (@billieshosie) October 1, 2021
Korean show Squid Game resembles the Bollywood movie 'Luck' in a hefty lot of ways
¡ª Lavanya (@dlostmannequin) September 28, 2021
squid game is so similar to bollywood movie LUCK ???
¡ª appy (@billieshosie) October 1, 2021
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