As soon as Korean drama Squid Game dropped on Netflix, it became the talk of the town for its gripping and gut-wrenching storyline. However, many of those Bollywood fans who have completed watching the survival game series are finding similarities with the 2009 Sanjay Dutt’s movie Luck.
Squid Game is a thriller that revolves around 450-odd contestants playing to win a jackpot amount. The nine episodes series shows that six games are arranged for the participants to play. Those who win these games move forward, while the losers are left to die. Luck also followed a similar storyline, thus leaving fans screaming, “Bollywood did it first.”
Viewers opine that the only difference between the two productions is the Squid Game had a way higher budget than the Bollywood movie Luck. This is the only reason for the craze of the views while Luck did an average at the box office.
Here are some of the reactions of Tweeteratis about Squid Game:
Bollywood did squid game first yall pic.twitter.com/EFjgKuQjbn
— adith?? (@rasputinforeal) October 1, 2021
I think I downloaded wrong Squid Game. pic.twitter.com/ZccIxnkE9z
— Mucifer Lorningstar (@Farzaynn) September 30, 2021
Me after watching #SquidGame : Yeh to Luck movie ka high end version nikla. pic.twitter.com/gbuGWkBvFM
— BrokenButBeautiful3 (@EDHA_INFINITE) October 1, 2021
People saying squid game is a really unique show haven’t watched Luck
— Rishit (@x2Rish) September 30, 2021
Squid game is the advanced version of luck (Bollywood movie)
I said what I said?— shruti⁷ (@NSYHJKTJJ) September 30, 2021
#SquidGame , a mafia leader, gives a bunch of people an opportunity to turn their luck around and earn a hefty amount. They are required to deadly play games while people bet on game #SquidGame Sounds similar? Its #Bollywood movie #luck released in 2009
— Tanya sharma (@TanyaSharma_94) September 30, 2021
Completed #SquidGame and really entertained myself a lot.. But felt like its an extended version of our own #Bollywood movie #Luck in 2009.. It has Musa bhai by @duttsanjay, a lot better than #FrontMan
— Ambar Shah (@ambar_2015) September 30, 2021
WHO SAID SQUID GAME IS COOL AND DARK??!!!!
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED IMRAN KHAN’S LUCK#azmmaluck #bollywood #india #SquidGames— narddog13 (@narddog131) October 1, 2021
Ok does #SquidGames remind anyone else of that Sanjay Dutt, Shruti Haasan film LUCK?! It’s like the TV show form of the movie! #SquidGame #HellWeek #Bollywood #BigBrother #sanjaydutt #ImranKhan #ShrutiHaasan #BB23Finale #MyUniverseMVMidnight #Netflix
— Tanisha G (@TwinMomTravels) September 30, 2021
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the director of Squid Game stated, “Korean society, I would say, is a very dynamic one. It is the only single country remaining divided in the world. The people of the same origin are divided because of the military tension and there are a lot of people staying in a small-sized land” which resulted in the popularity of the show.
Squid Game features Lee Jung-jae, Jung Ho-yeon, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, Kim Joo-ryoung, Heo Sung-tae, Oh Young-soo, Lee Yoo-mi, and Gong Yoo, among many others. On the contrary, Luck starred, Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, and Shruti Haasan.
