India, Oct. 31 -- Right from the start of his career, filmmaker Sanjay Gupta made a name for himself by remaking, or sometimes blatantly ripping off, Hollywood films. But his remakes often captured a new aesthetic, untapped in Indian cinema, helping them stand on their own. His most famous work is undoubtedly Kaante, the 2002 release that ushered in an era of stylised gangster flicks set in the US. Kaante was a remake of Quentin Tarantino's seminal hit Reservoir Dogs, and the director went on record to say he 'loved the rip-off'.

Both Kaante and Reservoir Dogs were stories of six criminals coming together for a bank heist, only to be betrayed by one of their own. Reservoir Dogs, released in 1992, put Tarantino on the map as a director to...