1. Raaste Ka Pathar (1972) - The Apartment (1960)
2. Rafoo Chakkar (1975) - Some Like It Hot (1959)
3. Red Rose (1980) – Basic Plot Inspired from “The Boston Strangler” (1968)
4. Roja (1992) – References of “Frantic” (1988)
5. Ram Shastra (1995) – References of “Hard To Kill” (1990) & “Patriot Games” (1992)
6. Raja (1995) - Slight resemblances to the same concept as in “Rain Man” (1988) and “Dominic And Eugene” (1988)
7. Ram Jaane (1995) – Inspired from “Angels With Dirty Faces” (1938)
8. Road (2002) – References of “Duel” (1971), “Breakdown” (1997), “The Hitcher” (1996) and “Joy Ride” (2001)
9. Raaz (2002) – Inspired from “What Lies Beneath” (2000)
10. Rishtey (2002) – Loosely Inspired from “The Champ” (1979)
11. Raghu Romeo (2003) – Inspired from Pedro Almodovar's “Atame!” or “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down” (Spanish) (1990)
12. Rakht (2004) - The Gift (2000)
13. Raincoat (2004) – Based onO. Henry's Short Story "The Gift Of Magi" which was also adapted for various versions of Short English films with the same name.
14. Ramji London Waley (2005) – References of “Green Card” (1990)
15. Rog (2005) - Laura (1944)
16. Raqeeb (2007) - Murder By Natural Causes (1979)
17. Rubaru (2008) - Follows “If Only (2004)
18. Runway (2009) - Publicity Posters inspired from “Resident Evil” (2002) & Vin Diesel’s “XXX” (2002).
19. Raat Gayi Baat Gayi (2010) – Shares a same theme with “The Hangover” (2009)
20. Road To Sangam (2010) – The film was inspired by the true event of discovery of one part of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes lying in a bank locker some years ago in India.
21. Rann (2010) – Story inspired from the Wallace bestseller novel, The Almighty (1982).
22. Raajneeti (2010) – Has sequences inspired from “The Godfather” series movies.
23. Raavan (2010) – Vaguely based on the Mythological Epic “Ramayana”.
24. Ready (2011) - Official Remake of Telugu Hit “Ready” (2008)
25. Rockstar (2011) – Loosely inspired from the life of real life Rockstar Jim Morrison & its female lead character again reminded of ‘Geet’ from director’s last film “Jab We Met”.
(Updated in April 2012)
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