‘Raabta’ writer duo Siddharth-Garima opens up on the plagiarism case filed by ‘Magadheera’ makers

It’s been a day after the makers of Telugu film ‘Magadheera’ had filed a case against the Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon-starrer ‘Raabta‘ alleging copyright infringement. Both the films are in a way based on the theme of reincarnation which is making their plot look similar. But today, the writer duo of ‘Raabta’ Siddharth-Garima has opened up about this issue claiming that there is no similarity in the plot of these two films.

Scriptwriter Garima has said in her statement that, “If it’s like ‘Magadheera’, it’s like any other reincarnation film. Then every filmmaker in this country who has made a movie on reincarnation and past life should slap a notice on us. This is an original story, conceptualised and written by Siddharth and me. We worked on it for five years. They (makers of ‘Magadheera’) are free to go through our script and research material. Or they can watch our film and decide.” [sic] (Also Check: Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon promote ‘Raabta’ on ‘Sabse Bada Kalakar’)

“It’s immature of them ­to file a case just on the basis of the trailer. They could have called up our director (Dinesh Vijan) and asked for a private screening of the film. We weren’t expecting a legal tussle. If they want to stall the release, they should have contacted us way in advance,” said co-writer Siddharth adding that the story of ‘Raabta’ is as much about rebirth as karma. [sic]

Even the makers of ‘Raabta’ have issued their official statement saying, “We are yet to receive the relevant suit papers and therefore, cannot give a specific comment. We’d, however, like to reject even the remotest suggestion that our film is a copy of ‘Magadheera’. We find it disrespectful when people from the industry belittle someone’s hard work by using words like copied and plagiarised nonchalantly.” [sic]

Apparently, the matter is due for a hearing on June 1.

‘Raabta’ marks the debut of famous producer of films like ‘Love Aaj Kal’, ‘Cocktail’ and ‘Badlapur’, Dinesh Vijan as a director. The movie also stars Jim Sarbh playing the part of an antagonist and is slated to hit the screens on June 9.

Amod Pandit

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