Flubber, The Absent Minded Professor & Mayurkanthi Jelly
This is very interesting.
Well, subtly so, because I am still searching for the right answers over the ‘net’. This occurred to me while reading ‘Mayurkanthi Jelly’ (Peacock-neck Blue Colored Jelly), 1965, written by Satyajit Ray. Mark the year here.
Spielberg has been credited with ‘E.T’ (1997) when the storyline and idea was already there in Ray’s ‘Bankubabur Bandhu’ (1962) whose script was titled ‘The Alien’.
Here comes the catch! Spielberg’s ‘Flubber’ was inspired by the movie ‘The Absent Minded Professor’ by Samuel W. Taylor, which was made into a movie in 1961! However, the wonder does not stop here. It seems one of Ray’s short stories for children titled ‘Mayurkanthi Jelly’ (Peacock-neck Blue Colored Jelly) was released in 1965 and bears striking resemblances to both the stories!
There you go!
This is very interesting.
Well, subtly so, because I am still searching for the right answers over the ‘net’. This occurred to me while reading ‘Mayurkanthi Jelly’ (Peacock-neck Blue Colored Jelly), 1965, written by Satyajit Ray. Mark the year here.
Spielberg has been credited with ‘E.T’ (1997) when the storyline and idea was already there in Ray’s ‘Bankubabur Bandhu’ (1962) whose script was titled ‘The Alien’.
Here comes the catch! Spielberg’s ‘Flubber’ was inspired by the movie ‘The Absent Minded Professor’ by Samuel W. Taylor, which was made into a movie in 1961! However, the wonder does not stop here. It seems one of Ray’s short stories for children titled ‘Mayurkanthi Jelly’ (Peacock-neck Blue Colored Jelly) was released in 1965 and bears striking resemblances to both the stories!
There you go!
