Ananth Mahadevan on ‘Laapataa Ladies’ plagiarism: ‘It cannot be a coincidence’ – Newz9

Months after elevating plagiarism allegations in opposition to the makers of ‘Laapataa Ladies,’ Ananth Mahadevan has opened up concerning the controversy, expressing doubts concerning the originality of the Kiran Rao directorial. Mahadevan claims the movie’s premise bears a putting resemblance to his debut directorial enterprise, ‘Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol’ (1999). However, he maintained that he doesn’t imagine both Kiran Rao or producer Aamir Khan had been conscious of the alleged copying.
‘Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol ‘, made for Channel 9 from Australia and telecast on DD Metro, featured a distinctive storyline about brides getting combined up at a railway station. Mahadevan said, “A premise like brides getting mixed up at a railway station… It cannot be a coincidence. I was very amused, frankly, because we are all colleagues here, whether it’s Aamir or Kiran. We’ve all worked together. I was also flattered that they actually wanted to think about this (story).”
In a dialog with director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on his YouTube channel I Am Buddha, Mahadevan famous that whereas the preliminary parts of each motion pictures are related, ‘Laapataa Ladies’ diverges to focus on girls’s freedom and their battle for rights. He urged that the movie’s author won’t have deliberately copied the story and that Aamir and Kiran won’t have been conscious of the resemblance.
Reflecting on how he conceived the concept for ‘Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol,’ Mahadevan credited veteran character actor Satyen Kappu. He stated that they had been sitting with Farooq Sheikh and capturing for Chamatkar. During a break, Satyen stated, ‘After our marriage, my wife was wearing a veil. Since I had to immediately leave for a shoot, I took her along and sat her down at a bus station. Then I went to check the bus timing. When I returned, my wife was missing. When I looked around, I saw her walking away with the porter who was carrying my trunk. So, she thought it was me.’
Hearing this, Farooq Sheikh saab stated there’s a story on this. It was completely novel. “So, we started writing,” Mahadevan recalled.
Despite the controversy, Mahadevan laughed off the matter, though he noted it would have been nice if the ‘Laapataa Ladies’ writer had acknowledged inspiration from his film, if that were the case.