‘Burqa City’ director ‘shocked’ by resemblance to ‘Laapataa Ladies’, seeks clarification from filmmakers
A still from ‘Burqa City’ Fabrice Bracq, the French director behind the 2019 Arabic short film Burqa City, has voiced concern over what he describes as “striking similarities” between his work and Kiran Rao’s recent feature Laapataa Ladies. The filmmaker said he was “shocked and saddened” upon watching the Indian film, which was brought to […]