No./15
Why India’s Forrest Gump could run and run
What you need to know about the year’s unlikeliest remake
IT’S A FAITHFUL REMAKE
Produced by and starring Hindi megastar Aamir Khan, who bought the rights to the original Forrest Gump from Paramount, Laal Singh Chaddha directly adapts Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning 1994 hit. In fact, many sequences are essentially a shot-for-shot remake, such as the famous “Run, Forrest, run!” scene (here translated as “Run, Laal, run!”).