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MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA -INDIA MARCH 23, 2013 00.30 A.M.
Steven Spielberg came to India , he saw and he conquered . Every director worth his name in the Hindi film industry was present in the masterclass organized and arranged by Anil Ambani and chaired by none other than Amitabh Bachchan .
Steven Spielberg at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
His enviable body of work commands respect . Out of 31 films directed by him , 10 films are in the list of 30 all time greatest hits of Hollywood . I am providing the list :
Highest-grossing films of Steven Spielberg
This is a list of the top 10 highest grossing films which Spielberg directed. Spielberg’s films have grossed a total of more than $8.5 billion, with an average of $236 million per film.
| Rank | Title | Worldwide gross | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jurassic Park | $915 million | 1993 |
| 2 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | $793 million | 1982 |
| 3 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $787 million | 2008 |
| 4 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | $619 million | 1997 |
| 5 | War of the Worlds | $592 million | 2005 |
| 6 | Saving Private Ryan | $482 million | 1998 |
| 7 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $474 million | 1989 |
| 8 | Jaws | $471 million | 1975 |
| 9 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $390 million | 1981 |
| 10 | The Adventures of Tintin | $374 million | 2011 |
Is it not impressive ? Is it not enviable ? Is is not unattainable ? Yes it is !
But then there is an old allegation made by none other than our own Satyajit Ray . In the early 80s , Satyajit Ray said that , ” Steven Spielberg would not have made ” E.T. “ and ” Close Encounters of the Third Kind “ , if in 1960 , I have not left behind copies of my script ” The Aliens “ with Hollywood film studios . ”
Cover of E.T. via Amazon
Cover via Amazon
The allegation is hard to prove , though it is supported by Arthur C. Clarke . In the March 17 , 2013 edition of Mumbai Mirror , eminent journalist Aseem Chhabra also claimed that in 1983 he had seen the script Of Satyajit Ray’s ” The Aliens “ and there were certain obvious similarities between ” E.T. ” and ” The Aliens ” .
Potrait of Satyajit Ray, painted by Rishiraj Sahoo in 1997 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Aseem Chhabra also wrote that he interviewed Satyajit Ray at that time and his only regret was that after ” E.T. “ he could not make ” The Aliens “ , else he would have been accused of plagiarism .
I personally respect Satyajit Ray and Steven Spielberg , both . I don’t know what is the truth . It is for the historians to unearth the truth and bare the facts . But as a connoisseur , I cherished ” E.T. “ and ” Close Encounters of the Third Kind ” and would have loved ” The Aliens “ also .
I urge all my students of my acting institute Vidur’s Kreating Charakters to watch and savour the films of these two great masters of cinema .
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