Two of a kind

There seems to be 'twin' season going on for me. It all started yesterday when I went shopping at Kohl's with a colleague. She had to buy birthday gifts for 3 yr old boy and girl - twins.

Then yesterday evening I switched on the TV and the movie Stuck On You had just started. Its a comedy movie about Siamese twins, one half played by Matt Damon. Since Matt Damon was in the movie and also I had nothing better to do, I decided to watch the entire movie. It wasnt as bad as I had expected it to be. It had quite a few funny moments and overall I enjoyed the movie.

And to add to the coincidence, today, as I was browsing through the On-Demand listing on my cable, I noticed Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen on the list. I was quite curious about this movie and had wanted to see it specially after seeing Lindsay Lohan on Freaky Friday and SNL. I watched the movie and even though its a bit too teeny, I liked it.

Now, you must be thinking what has COATDQ (as a Hindi movie would be abbreviated) has anything to do with twins. Well the thing is this movie reminded me of another Lindsay flick The Parent Trap where she played the character of separated twins, each one living with one parent oblivious of the other's existence. They meet each other at a camp and discover that they are sisters and decides to swap places. Sounds familier? Yes, its the same plot we've seen in the oldie Do Kaliyan where Neetu Singh plays the twins and has the famous song 'Bachche Mann ke Sachche'. Same story was repeated again later in another movie (dont remember the name) where Rishi Kapoor and Padmini Kolahpuri play the separated parents. Then there was Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi where Kajol plays the twins. One thing about these movies that has always confused me is was the Hollywood movie inspired from the Bollywood one? The Parent Trap released in 1997 is very new compared to the Bollywood flicks. So is it that the roles has been reversed and Hollywood copied Bollywood?? Can anyone shed some light?