Frank Abagnale Jr. | Criminals In Cinema - Part 2 | Under Lens

Frank Abagnale Jr. is an iconic name in banking sector for some wrong reasons… Frank Abagnale Jr. was arrested for cheque forgery when he was very young and he later joined the system to track more such criminals. However, his stories of fooling people with disguises are legendary.

Frank Abangnale Jr

Catch Me If You Can is one near authentic movie based on life of Frank Abagnale Jr. The role was played by Leonardo Da Caprio. Though some fictional elements were added in the film to make it more fanciful and melodramatic, the core of the story and basic elements remained the same. However, certain sectors blamed director Steven Spielberg was blamed for glorifying crime and criminal, the man who was the center of attraction i.e. Frank Abagnale Jr. himself appreciated the movie and lend his helping hand as well in the making.

Though there is no movie that is directly based on life of Frank Abagnale Jr. made in India, some movie have scenes and plot pretty much like him.

Bunty Aur Babli was loosely based on another Hollywood Movie Bonnie And Cloydd; there were few scenes inspired from his life. Notably, the escape scene from airplane. Moreover, the B&B duo joins hands with police to track cons was also draws a parallel between life of Frank Abagnale Jr. and Bunty ‘n’ Babli.

Another amazing movie of our time made in India, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye was inspired from real life of a notorious con from Delhi. Interestingly, Director Dibakar Banerjee’s story telling was pretty much influenced by Spielberg’s story telling in CMIYC. Like Frank Abagnale Jr. Lucky is a thief and also an imposter with a troubled childhood.  

On a closing note, Frank Abagnale Jr. became a part of cast of CMIYC by playing the role of the French Officer who formally arrests his reel character played by an amazing Leonardo Da Caprio.

Written By: Sujoy Ghosh