Emraan Hashmi's upcoming film 'Cheat India' is reportedly in trouble for plagiarism
| Mar 27, 2018, 12:11 IST
Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi's upcoming project titled 'Cheat India' is reportedly in trouble after claims of plagiarism. Writer Dinesh Gautam and actor Imran Zahid have alleged that the script of 'Cheat India' has been copied from their film 'Marksheet'. Reportedly, the duo had discussed the script with filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. “Bhatt saab has been Imran’s mentor for a few years now and even came on board as creative director, also supervising the final script,” Dinesh said.
“After Emraan Hashmi announced his film 'Cheat India' in January, we filed an official complaint with the Writers Association. Now, we will be sending legal notices to the three producers as our grievances have not been acknowledged. The script may not have been copied verbatim, but the concepts and case studies used in the story are the same. We shared every bit of our story with Bhatt saab and everybody knows how small this industry is. It is an embarrassing situation,” Dinesh added.
A source close to the film stated, “Some nondescript people are trying to gain publicity by piggy-backing on a big banner film. From '3 Idiots' and 'Chalk N Duster' to 'Aarakshan', hundreds of films have been based on our education system. While the title and story were registered around eight months ago, nobody knows what 'Cheat India' is about as the script is not yet complete and the makers have not had any narrations.” Stay tuned for more updates.
“After Emraan Hashmi announced his film 'Cheat India' in January, we filed an official complaint with the Writers Association. Now, we will be sending legal notices to the three producers as our grievances have not been acknowledged. The script may not have been copied verbatim, but the concepts and case studies used in the story are the same. We shared every bit of our story with Bhatt saab and everybody knows how small this industry is. It is an embarrassing situation,” Dinesh added.
A source close to the film stated, “Some nondescript people are trying to gain publicity by piggy-backing on a big banner film. From '3 Idiots' and 'Chalk N Duster' to 'Aarakshan', hundreds of films have been based on our education system. While the title and story were registered around eight months ago, nobody knows what 'Cheat India' is about as the script is not yet complete and the makers have not had any narrations.” Stay tuned for more updates.