Mumbai: ‘Queen’ may have had a successful run at the box office, but unfortunately could be deep in controversy. Director Vikas Bahl has been accused of copying the entire premise of the film from another movie ‘Phir Zindagi’, which is yet to be released, Hindustan Times reported.
The writer of the movie, Abhigyan Jha was quoted saying, “We all saw the film (Queen) pretty late and we were shocked. Our film was shown to Vikas back in 2006 when he was with UTV Spotboy. He then went on to use the same premise in ‘Queen’. In fact, some of the scenes too have been lifted. The screenplay is slightly different, but the basic premise of a girl going for her honeymoon alone is the same.”
‘Phir Zindagi’ was completed in 2006, when Jha showed it to Vikas, but due to several reasons it could not be released back then. Jha wishes to take legal action against Bahl, but the ‘Phir Zindagi’ director and producer Parvati Balgopan disagrees.
“I don’t see the point taking any legal action at this stage. I don’t know if it will do us any good. I don’t want it to seem like we are trying to gain publicity by leeching off his stardom,” she said.
Vikas commented saying, “I want you guys to see his film and then talk to me,” as per reports.
