After Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man’s release, a writer Ripu Daman Jaiswal has reportedly filed a complaint against Akshay Kumar and Pad Man producers claiming they have committed plagiarism.
When the trailer was released, he shared a series of emails online in which he showed screenshots his copy of the story which is currently with Dharma Productions. He pointed out the similarities between his own script and Akshay Kumar’s film.
After watching Pad Man, he claimed 11 scenes were copied from his script.
https://twitter.com/Shivashorcrux/status/961826400347942912?s=20
Jaiswal went onto talk about the line Amitabh Bachchan said in the film:
https://twitter.com/Shivashorcrux/status/962155853573844993?s=20
- He is reported to have lodged the FIR on January 23rd.
