“Bala” Is Involved In To Meet The Plagiarism With “Ujda Chaman” From The Poster To The Script

Ankita Chetana|Oct 16, 2019

Plagiarism has been a sensitive issue in the entertainment industry but recently, “Bala” still charges the idea similarities with “Ujda Chaman”. Deeds inside!

After the poster of Bala went on air, Abhishek Pathak touched a nerve when realizing the similarities between Ayushmann Khurrana starrer film and his directorial debut Ujda Chaman.

In front of Bala's plagiarism issue, the newbie director claimed the latter should change everything to keep its own origin.

As a remake of the movie Ondu Motteya Kathe in 2017, Ujda Chaman stars actor Sunny Singh as a bald man. Interestingly, Ayushmann Khurrana also appears in the same image on the poster of Bala and even the two share the similarity in the trailer.

Abhishek said to PTI:

He continued:

Not just that, the dialogues and screenplay of Bala seem to a copy from Abhishek’s first project. The director stated:

Frustrated about the ‘coincidence’ on purpose, the Ujda Chaman director had filed an announcement to Maddock Films about Bala's plagiarism.

He further added:

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