Akshay Kumar’s ‘PadMan’ accused of plagiarism

Akshay Kumar’s latest release ‘PadMan’ has landed in controversy after a young writer accused the makers of plagiarism.

Ripu Daman Jaiswal took to social media to accuse the makers of nabbing scenes in ‘PadMan’ from the script he had written. He claims that the scenes resemble the script that he had sent to Dharma Productions.

He said on Facebook, “One and a half years ago, I had written and registered a film based on the works of Arunachalam Muruganantham and Saati biodegradable sanitary pads. Have you heard about them? Yup, Arunachalam Muruganantham is the guy who had made low cost sanitary pads for rural women. I had registered the film on 5th of December 2016 from SCREEN WRITER ASSOCIATION and sent to Ryan Stephan (Karan johar’s production — Creative head) and personally to Vikram Aditya Motwane.

And you know what happened? After ten days on 16th of December 2016, I heard the news that Mrs. Twinkle Khanna revealed that her production is making a film based on his life, starring AKSHAY KUMAR,”

He further wrote, “Recently, the PADMAN trailer released, and most of the scenes has been taken from the summary I had sent to MR. Ryan stephan. Yes, they even copied my fictional scenes(Check out the Rakshabandan scene. In real life, Arunachalam Muruganantham has no sister.) I have decided to take this matter to court and fight a battle against the producers of the film.”

‘PadMan’ makers are yet to comment on the claims.