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Wednesday, April 25, 2018 IST
A criminal complaint has also been filed against Shoojit Sircar and October writer Juhi Chaturvedi at the Vile Parle police station in Mumbai by a budding Marathi director Sarika Mene.
Budding Marathi director Sarika Mene has alleged the National Award-winning director Shoojit Sircar’s latest venture October is a copy of her film. Sarika claims the makers of October have picked up the main plot point and characters from her 2017 production Aarti – The Unknown Love Story. The Varun Dhawan-starrer romantic drama hit the theatres last week.
“When the trailer was out, I did get a gut feeling that it would be same, I was wondering such a big name would not do this to me so I thought it will be (just a) little glance of my film. When the film released and I saw it, it was 90 per cent same. He (Shoojit) is such a respected person… I have seen his films like ‘Piku’, ‘Vicky Donor’ I was like he has a (story) sense I am shocked he did this,” Sarika told PTI.
She first filed a complaint with the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Maha Mandal, that represents Marathi filmmakers, and later approached the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) and Screen Writers Association. “The complaint was filed a week back and so far we have not got any response. I kept quiet because I wanted to know things from him. I have my evidence, I would want him to show his evidence. I feel there is something wrong as why he is taking so much time to reply as it (‘October’) is your baby, you need to respond immediately,” she said.
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