Pastiche GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/pæsˈtiːʃ/ (noun)
a literary and artistic work which is an imitation of another artistic or literary work, parody, copy, imitation, satire, lampoon, takeoff – mixture, composite, blend, miscellany, potpourri
Director Sujeet’s action-thriller ‘Saaho’, starring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles, has laid siege over the domestic box-office, with collections for the Hindi version touching 100-crores in just 4 days. Amidst the hype, reports of the film being a pastiche of a French actioner began doing the rounds. After catching a screening of the film, a few social media users were quick to point out that the film bore many similarities to director Jérôme Salle’s ‘Largo Winch’.
