Thanks to everyone who came up with a drilling-for-oil scene. This scene was at the climax of a recent (1980s) Hindi comedy which was supposed to be "a remake of an English [language] comedy." I'm not always real good on spot the reference, and this particular film didn't remind me of anything except for this scene. It was about the heiress to a large business and the men who keep chasing her. Eventually one of the men strikes the oil while attempting to be a farmer. Bombay producers routinely remake American, Japanese, Hong Kong, etc. movies and these remakes come in 3 forms--the direct copy (BLOOD BLOOD for DIRTY HARRY), the insert (WITNESS becomes MURDER, but only part of the story is used), and the blender special (my favorite being DEFEAT AND VICTORY, which uses the plot of FATAL ATTRACTION but combines elements of SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME to make the hero and heroine more sympathetic and more "Indian." If the comedy above is one of these, then probably only this scene comes from the West, or from one particular film. The specialists in blending are/were Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, who wrote SHOLAY (elements of BUTCH CASSIDY, THE GREAT DICTATOR, ..., ...). If I find out, I'll let you know. You might all be right! Carol