Laapataa Ladies, directed by Kiran Rao and produced by Aamir Khan, has recently found itself at the centre of a plagiarism controversy. Fabrice Bracq, the director of the 2019 Arabic short film Burqa City, has spoken out about the striking similarities between his work and the Indian movie, expressing both surprise and shock. India’s official […]
New Delhi: You must be living under a rock if you have not heard about the latest controversy surrounding Laapataa Ladies. A video making the rounds online highlighted striking similarities between Kiran Rao’s film and an Arabic short film titled Burqa City, which was released in 2019 — five years before Laapataa Ladies. Soon after the video went viral, social media users began raising […]
Kiran Rao’s widely discussed directorial Laapataa Ladies has been accused of being inspired by the 2019 Arabic film Burqa City. A recently surfaced video from Burqa City on social media has sparked speculation among netizens about the originality of Rao’s Bollywood film. The viral clip shows that the Arabic movie follows a newlywed man searching […]
New Delhi: Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies faced plagiarism charges after a video clip of an Arabic short film titled Burqa City went viral on social media. Kiran Rao’s light-hearted social dramedy, which was India’s official Oscar entry this year, has been accused of “copying” its concept from a 2019 short film titled Burqa City, directed […]
