The scene where Barfi and Jhilmil keep a nail on the road to stop a passing car is copied from a 1999 Japanese film called 'Kikujiro'. Everything from the framing of the shot to what happens to the car passing by is almost identical.
The scene where Barfi leaves the frame by clutching on to a moving bus is an exact copy of a scene from Buster Keaton's 'Cops'.
The scene where Barfi tries to run from the cops with a ladder placed on a wall is a rip-off of Buster Keaton's 'Cops' that was made way back in 1922.
The scene where Barfi is chased by cops in the narrow lanes has been copied from a Jackie Chan film 'Project A'.
Remember the scene where Barfi looks at a naked Sadhu which happens to be covered by a newspaper? Well this one has been copied from a Swedish newspaper advertisement!
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The door sequence in the film with Ranbir Kapoor trying to escape from the bank as cop Sourabh Shukla tries to catch him is a copy and a rather good one at that of a Charlie Chaplin movie called 'The Adventurer'. The door that is used as a prop to make the chor-police chase even more interesting had its seeds sown way back in 1917!
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As team Barfi braces itself for the Academy Awards, with a bunch of roses, a lot of brickbats are also likely to come their way. Not uttering a word about the musical track which feels as if it has been up rooted from the French comedy 'Amelie', we list down a few scenes that were a clear cut, copy, paste job...
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In the first half of the movie when Shruti's (Ileana D’Cruz) mother played by Rupa Ganguly shows her the man she used to love but gave up to marry her father because he was a mere wood-cutter is a rip off of a scene from the 2004 Hollywood film 'The Notebook' in which Allie played by Rachel McAdams and her mother have the same conversation. Dust that old DVD and play it and you'll see exactly what we are saying.
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Barfi's uncanny resemblance with 'The Notebook' does not end here. The scene where Jhilmil (Priyanka Chopra) lies down next to Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor) in the hospital room also looks as if it has been lifted from the Hollywood flick.
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Remember the oh-so-cute sequence when Barfi tries to entertain Jhilmil by playing with the dummy on the sofa? Or the funny things he does with his nose and lips when he wants her to follow him into the house? An exact same sequence exists in the 1952 American musical, 'Singin in the Rain'. We think that leaves you with little to guess as to who copied who. Huh?
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The scene in which Ranbir is seen sleeping on a huge statue that has been inaugurated has been picked up from the Charlie Chaplin film, 'City Lights'. The only difference being that Chaplin stretches his leg while sleeping while our Kapoor lad adjusts his underwear!
