National Award-winning filmmaker Sudhanshu Saria lately accused producer Ekta Kapoor’s streaming platform ALTBalaji of plagiarising the poster of his movie ‘Loev’ for its new present ‘His Storyy’. On April 9, Saria took to Twitter to name out the makers of ‘His Storyy’ for “blatantly” copying the poster of his acclaimed 2015 same-sex romance drama, which featured the movie’s two leads mendacity in an embrace. The poster of ‘His Storyy’, shared by ALTBalaji on its social media pages additionally confirmed their characters in a strikingly comparable place. Responding to Saria’s allegations, ALTBalaji on Sunday apologised and eliminated the poster of the present from its social media pages by calling it “an oversight on part of our design team”.
ALTBalaji’s assertion got here hours after filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane, who directed ‘Lootera’ which was bankrolled by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, alleged that the manufacturing home had a historical past of plagiarism and shared a poster of actress Kangana Ranaut from ‘Judgmentall Hai Kya’ that was allegedly copied from the paintings of Flora Borsi, a contract artist, primarily based out of Hungary. ‘Judgmentall Hai Kya’ was co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shailesh R Singh.
However, this isn’t the primary occasion of Bollywood being accused of stealing concepts and utilizing them as a reference for his or her movies and initiatives. Most lately, netizens referred to as out Tiger Shroff-starrer ‘Heropanti 2’ poster for having similarities to the Hitman online game franchise. In the poster, Tiger’s character appears to be carrying an outfit just like the one worn by Agent 47 within the Hitman video games and movies.
Here are 10 cases the place Bollywood allegedly copied posters from different movies or initiatives:
Heropanti 2 – Hitman
Thappad – After Lucia
Dilwale – The Best of Me
Ra-One – Batman Begins
Phantom – Homefront
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Lords of Dog Town
Mausam – Titanic
PK – Quim Barreos Album
Akira – The Karate Kid
Judgmentall Hai Kya – Flora Borsi’s paintings
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