On Friday, creator Nivedita Shukla voiced her help 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 launch of Laapataa Ladies, Mahadevan’s movie had been faraway 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 different supporters on Twitter saying, “Thanks for the kind words.”
Earlier, Mahadevan maintained that Laapataa Ladies shares important plot factors with Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol, which revolves round a mixture-up involving two brides. However, Mahadevan acknowledged that the narratives diverge after the preliminary combine-up.
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Responding to the plagiarism allegations, Laapataa Ladies author Biplab Goswami insisted his story is completely authentic. He revealed that he submitted the script on the Cinestaan India’s Storytellers Contest in 2018 and acquired the primary runner-up award for it, including that he wrote the synopsis a decade in the past.
Lapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao, encompasses a solid together with Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, Sparsh Shrivastava, and Ravi Kishan.