Here's a fresh update on 'Captain India' and 'Operation Yemen' controversy
- IndiaGlitz, [Sunday,August 29 2021]
Few weeks ago, it was announced that filmmaker Hansal Mehta will direct Kartik Aryan in a film titled 'Captain India' which will be based on a heroic real life event. Soon after this, Subhash Kale accused the makers of 'Captain India' of copying his idea as he is also making a film on the same subject titled 'Operation Yemen'. Fortunately, the controversy has ended after Subhash had a conversation with 'Captain India' producer Harman Baweja.
Subhash told Bollywood Hungama, “I spoke to Harman Baweja yesterday. We were misinformed about certain things and the timelines. We thought we registered the film first. Harman ji told me that they have been working on the film for a long time. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they had not approached anybody. He spoke to me with clarity. My best wishes are with him and the entire team of Captain India.” He added, “I realized that even they have put a lot of effort on their project. We had feared that somebody leaked our story and gave it to them.”
He further added, Yes, both the films are indeed based on the same episode. Since it’s a true incident and all the details are there in the public domain, one can’t claim to have the rights over a subject. Not just 2, even 4 films can be made on the same episode. Also, I never used the word 'plagiarism'. I just meant that both films are similar. They registered the script in 2017. We meanwhile started working in 2016. The cousin of our director Sanjay Sankla was the pilot in this mission. So we began work in 2016 but we started developing the script only in 2019-20. And then we completed writing it on June 7, 2021. We had started approaching artists.”