Stalin (2006)

About:
This movie is heavily inspired by Hollywood "Pay it forward". Later a Bollywood movie called "Jai Ho" is remade based on "Stalin".

Synopsis:
Stalin (Chiranjeevi) is an ex-military man who spends his time in helping people. He usually gets peeved that the apathy in the society and how it affects in turn. He wants to bring change in the society by implementing a simple formula of extending unconditional help to those are in need. The rest of the story is all about how he transforms the society with that simple formula. .

Starring:
Chiranjeevi
Trisha
Prakash Raj
Khushboo
Ravali
Pradeep Rawat
Sharada Urvashi

Director: A. R. Murugadoss

Jai Ho (2014)

About:
This movie is the remake of south Indian movie "Stalin" and both of them were influenced by the Hollywood multiple oscar winning film "Pay it Forward".

Starring:
Salman Khan
Tabu
Sana Khan
Danny Denzongpa
Daisy Shah

Director: Sohail Khan

Pay it Forward (2000)

AKA:
Das Glücksprinzip >> German

About:
A bollywood big bannered movie "Jai Ho" starring Salman Khan in the lead is heavily based on this very movie. Another South Indian Bollywood movie called "Stalin" is based on this film too.

Synopsis:
Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favor not back, but forward--repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.

Starring:
Kevin Spacey
Haley Joel Osment
Helen Hunt

Director: Mimi Leder