Actor-director Ananth Mahadevan opened up concerning the plagiarism allegations towards Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Women, a undertaking produced by Aamir Khan. Based on Ananth, the movie’s premise carefully resembles his directorial debut, Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol, which was launched in 1999. Regardless of elevating these issues, Ananth clarified that he wasn’t positive whether or not Aamir or Kiran have been conscious of any potential copying within the undertaking. “My movie’s story had two guys who get their wives combined up on the practice station and attain the cities considering they’ve include their very own wives. Nevertheless, when the ghoonghat lifts they get to know that this isn’t the woman they have been married to and the hunt begins for the actual partner. Is it a coincidence that this is similar theme of Laapataa Women? Now, no one will declare they’ve copied. Even when they’ve performed it, what’s the proof?” Ananth Mahadevan advised Siddharth Kannan.
When requested if he believes Laapataa Women is plagiarised from Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol, Ananth Mahadevan responded, “Up to a degree, it’s the identical movie however after the invention of the brides they’ve gone on a unique tangent of ladies liberation. That’s the trendy means of it. In Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol, girls revered the boys for protecting them of their homes with honour, even when the ladies weren’t their wives. So, there’s a refined distinction. However, there are scenes that are similar to Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol. In the event you assume there could be so many similarities with out plagiarism, it’s nice. Nice minds assume alike.”
Ananth Mahadevan additionally revealed that regardless of elevating issues concerning the similarities between the 2 movies, neither Aamir Khan nor Kiran Rao reached out to him to deal with the problem. He mentioned, “They’re too highly effective, too huge. I’m nonexistent for them. They’ll simply say, “Who’s he, let him speak, who cares? We’ll stick with it with our lives and our movies.’ I will not anticipate anybody to name me as I’m too unimportant for them to justify something.”
Laapataa Women options Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta and Sparsh Shrivastav in pivotal roles. Directed by Kiran Rao, the movie has been collectively produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao and Jyoti Deshpande below the banner of Aamir Khan Productions, Kindling Photos and Jio Studios. Laapataa Women is India’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards within the Finest Worldwide Function Movie class.
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