Two criteria were used to test each scenario: whether the real crash appeared similar to its Hollywood counterpart, and whether the car could be driven away afterward.

Indies are almost by definition less frivolous than their Hollywood counterparts, since Hollywood still manufactures giddy escapism better than anyone else can.

The storyline follows the general theme of its Hollywood counterpart The Parent Trap, but with the added melodrama and slight-changed storyline of a Bollywood movie.

While not strictly a musical like its Hollywood counterpart, there are several musical numbers in the film.

(The mock imperial title alone suggests more wit than the whole of its Hollywood counterpart.)

For decades, video game makers have suffered in the inevitable comparison with their Hollywood counterparts.

Yet record producers' work is still somewhat subtle, Mr. Ramone said, and they will never earn the fame or fortune granted to their Hollywood counterparts, movie directors.

Marek Gumienny, managing director of Candover, said: "The deal revolutionises Europe's positioning in the global film production arena, bringing it head to head with its Hollywood counterparts."

Hollywood, where musicals were popular from the 1920s to the 1950s, though Indian filmmakers departed from their Hollywood counterparts in several ways.