Originally Posted by Kumar
This is a period movie. The English occupiers have gone overboard and are now treating the locals badly and have made unreasonable demands. The local leader takes up arms and declares war on the English. He wins a few battles at first, but loses a loved one. And because of a betrayal from one of his own, he is forced to go into hiding. Finally, he is caught, but he refuses to submit. He accepts his death sentence, and dies a hero.
The above is a description of 2 movies; one Hollywood and the other a Tamil one. The Tamil movie is “Veerapandiya Kattabomman”, and the Hollywood one is “Braveheart”. Now, do we assume that “Braveheart” was inspired by “Kattabomman”? After all, it’s the same theme, storyline, character types, etc, only some characters have been changed: Kattaboman loses his brother, Wallace loses his wife (and father).