Producer Mukesh Bhatt has reacted strongly to Divya Khosla Kumar’s latest declare that Alia Bhatt’s Jigra was impressed by his movie Savi, which was produced below Vishesh Movies and T-Sequence. In a latest interview, Bhatt dismissed the controversy, calling it pointless and rooted in publicity ways.
“Alia Bhatt doesn’t have to steal from me”
Addressing the comparability between Savi and Jigra, Mukesh Bhatt stated he doesn’t consider there’s any query of Alia Bhatt or the makers of Jigra lifting the movie’s concept.“I don’t assume Alia Bhatt is so bankrupt that she has to steal from me,” he stated firmly whereas chatting with Lehren Retro. “Alia is simply too huge an individual to do all this. She’s good, wise, respectable — an excellent woman. She will’t even dream of doing one thing like this. I can declare this as a result of I do know her.”He added that whereas tales might seem comparable on the floor, that doesn’t make them copies. “The plot could also be comparable, however the presentation is completely totally different. That’s what issues.”
“This isn’t the primary time comparable themes have appeared”
Bhatt identified that Indian cinema has at all times had a number of movies exploring the identical theme, with out them being termed copies or rip-offs. He cited how extramarital affairs had been the central theme in Arth, Silsila, and Ye Nazdeekiyan — all launched across the identical time.“Now will you say somebody stole somebody’s concept? No. The story might sound comparable, however the movies had been fully totally different in therapy,” he defined.
“Everybody has drawn from the identical supply — Bangkok Hilton”
The producer additionally clarified that the bottom template for a lot of such rescue-thriller tales comes from the traditional miniseries Bangkok Hilton.“All these movies had been impressed by Bangkok Hilton. The template began from there, and other people have modified genders, relationships, and dynamics through the years,” he stated.He identified that his movie Gumraah, produced for Yash Johar, was additionally impressed by the identical supply. Equally, Savi was tailored from The Subsequent Three Days, for which he had formally purchased the rights.
“Individuals create controversies for consideration”
With out naming Divya Khosla Kumar straight, Bhatt hinted that her feedback had been extra about publicity than real grievance.“To get consideration within the media, folks create controversies,” he stated. “If a movie comes and goes, what’s going to they are saying? They want one thing to speak about.”In line with Bhatt, the similarity in themes is solely a coincidence — not a case of copying.“Within the historical past of cinema, when one traditional comes out, no less than fifty tributaries observe,” he concluded. “That doesn’t imply it’s theft.”