On Friday, writer Nivedita Shukla voiced her backup for Mahadevan. Sharing posters of each movies on Twitter, she wrote, “In the past I had appreciated Laapataa Ladies, and it is now being celebrated for surpassing views of Animal on Netflix. But little did I know, that it has been copied from @ananthmahadevan’s Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol, which first aired in 1999 on Doordarshan Gold under their Director’s Cut series.”
Nivedita additional alleged that because the leave of Laapataa Women, Mahadevan’s movie have been got rid of from YouTube. “Surprisingly, the telefilm which was available on YouTube, has now been removed after Lapataa Ladies picked up and Ananth called out the makers. All that morality, work ethic gyan, and self-righteousness to dump on the public but when it comes to practicing it, then all goes down the drain,” she added. Mahadevan thanked Nivedita and alternative supporters on Twitter pronouncing, “Thanks for the kind words.”
Previous, Mahadevan maintained that Laapataa Women stocks vital plot issues with Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol, which revolves round a mix-up involving two brides. Alternatively, Mahadevan said that the narratives diverge next the preliminary mix-up.
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Responding to the plagiarism allegations, Laapataa Women essayist Biplab Goswami insisted his tale is completely unedited. He unhidden that he submitted the script on the Cinestaan Republic of India’s Storytellers Tournament in 2018 and gained the primary runner-up award for it, including that he wrote the synopsis a decade in the past.
Lapataa Women, directed through Kiran Rao, includes a solid together with Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, and Ravi Kishan.