ÂNew York not original?!?
- IndiaGlitz, [Friday,July 03 2009]
ÂNew York may have spelt success and come back for Yash Raj films, but the makers of the film have not got a clean chit as yet. After being stuck in controversy of plagiarism for the soundtrack Junoon by music composer Pritam; itÂs now Aditya Chopra himself who is under the scanner.
Suchita Bhhatia a young writer has alleged that the story track of ÂNew York was her idea and that she had approached Aditya Chopra with the idea. According to Suchita, Aditya Chopra had asked Arjun Sablok to get in touch with Suchita to whom she had narrated the story idea and which had earned her appreciation from the man in September 2006. She has also registered a complaint with Writers Association and written to Mr. Sablok and Aditya Chopra. However she hasnÂt received any response from either of them.
According to Rafiq Gangjee, Vice President Marketing & Communications Yash Raj Films, ÂIt is unfortunate that this issue should come up after the film has released when the promotions for the same have been there since 12th Dec 2008 where the very same plot was clearly outlined. If she has been truly aggrieved it would have been well within her rights to have raised this issue over the past several months. To be raising this issue now can only be termed as opportunistic. As is well known, for a company like Yash Raj Films, which has been known to give breaks to a large number of budding writers and directors, there is absolutely no reason for us to resort to something like this. Â
While Aditya Chopra has been unavailable for comments, Kabir Khan the director of ÂNew York plans to take strict legal actions against Bhhatia.