This could come as a big shocker in Bollywood. A netizen has uploaded a video comparing the ending of SujoyGhosh’s ‘Kahaani’ and that of the 2004 psychological thriller titled ‘Taking Lives’ starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in the lead. The video comparing scenes from both the movies has been unloaded on YouTube with the title: “The Real Kahaani Revealed”. ‘Taking Lives’ is a DJ Caruso directed thriller that was based on the novel of the same title by Michael Pye. Jolie’s film is about an FBI profiler who is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. Though the plotline of ‘Kahaani’ and ‘TL’ aren’t exactly similar, what has become a talking point online is the curious similarities in the way both movies end. When asked about it, director SujoyGhosh about this video, he said, “I have heard the name of the movie but I have neither watched this film nor the video. Ever since I started making ‘Kahaani’, people spoke about so many sources that it has been copied from. In this country, people don’t know about Satyajit Ray, Yash Chopra and Manmohan Desai but they are aware of films abroad. It’s amazing.” Does he think that this video is a result of his detractors reacting because of his success? “I really don’t know about that.”
