Talk:Ek Ajnabee

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Statement
The statement "Man On Fire has been made into four films in five different languages. [sic] So this is the Indian version. It has all the necessarily ingredients required for a movie to come out of India." is verifiably untrue, hence the "sic" - In fact there were two films and both were in English. One was a French/Italian production, and one is an American production. Counting Ek Ajnabee, there would be three films, with the Indian one being in Hindi and English.

The quote is still there in its entirety WhisperToMe (talk) 22:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Parallel characters
Not sure if Indian or other sources bring this up. Here are characters parallel to those of the 2004 American film:
 * John W. Creasy - Suryaveer "Surya" Singh
 * Pita Martin Ramos - Anamika R. Rathore
 * Lisa Martin Ramos - Nikasha R. Rathore
 * Samuel Ramos - Ravi Rathore
 * Rayburn - Shekhar Verma
 * But Shekhar has an expanded role and is ultimately an antagonist
 * Also Shekhar is not portrayed as having a wife, although Rayburn does have a wife
 * Miguel Manzano - Inspector Kelly
 * Mariana Garcia Guerrero - Kripa "Krispi" Shankar (somewhat)
 * Krispi is a salesperson and is not a journalist, is introduced in the beginning of the film instead of after the middle, is not sexually involved with Kelly (like Mariana is with Manzano), he is not threatened with death after publishing materials (Krispi does not publish anything) - Krispi seems to be comic relief in parts
 * Victor Fuentes - ACP Harvinder "Harry" Singh
 * Mix of Jordan Kalfus and Aurelio Rosas Sanchez - Chang
 * Chang is like Jordan Kalfus since he is Ravi's lawyer, like Kalfus is Samuel's lawyer
 * In the 2004 film Samuel Ramos kills Kalfus out of retaliation for the failure, but Ravi does not kill Chang in this one.
 * Like Aurelio in the 2004 film, the Creasy character (Surya) holds Chang hostage. Unlike Aurelio, the brother, Wong, double crosses him and has him killed
 * Daniel "La Voz" Rosas Sanchez - Wong
 * In the 2004 film "La Voz" does not turn on his brother and call him a weakling
 * Sister Anna - Mrs. Sharma, the Indian teacher at Anamika's school

And (most of) those 2004 American film characters to their equivalents in the original novel:
 * Marcus Creasy - John W. Creasy
 * Pinta Balletto - Pita Martin Ramos
 * Rika Balletto - Lisa Martin Ramos
 * Ettore Balletto - Samuel Ramos
 * Guido Aurellio - Rayburn
 * Mario Satta - Miguel Manzano
 * Dino Fossella - Victor Fuentes
 * Vico Mansutti - Jordan Kalfus
 * Signora Deluca - Sister Anna

Mariana Garcia Guerrero has no equivalent I know of in the novel. Creasy, in the hospital, gets all of the newspaper clippings and has much of the research done beforehand. The Rosas Sanchez family has no known equivalent - instead a mafia hierarchy, with Cantarella at the head, is the ultimate antagonist

In case you DO find sources, check if they confirm what is here WhisperToMe (talk) 09:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)