Kesari 2 Plagiarism Issue Resolved Amicably, Reveals Poet Yahya Bootwala
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Kesari Chapter 2 faced controversy when Yahya Bootwala accused the makers of plagiarizing his poem. The issue has now been resolved amicably, as Yahya shared on Instagram.
Kesari Chapter 2, starring Akshay Kumar, R Madhavan and Ananya Panday, had earlier hit controversy when YouTuber and poet Yahya Bootwala accused the makers of lifting lines from his original poem on Jallianwala Bagh without permission. Taking to social media, Yahya shared a video showing himself performing the poem alongside a clip from the film where Ananya Panday delivers the same lines as part of her dialogue.
In the latest update, the spoken word artist has revealed that the problem is solved now.
Taking to his Instagram handle, Yahya wrote, 'So dosto, the producers and I have managed to amicably solve the issue in the best interest of both parties. Thank you guys for your support in these 2 days, you guys have been very kind."
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Earlier, Bootwala shared a video on Instagram comparing his poem's performance with a scene from the film, where Ananya Panday delivers strikingly similar lines. In his post, he also called out the film's dialogue writer, Sumit Saxena, accusing him of plagiarising his work.
Along with the note, he also posted the video proof to show the striking similarity between his original lines and the dialogue used. In the note, Yahya Bootwala wrote, 'So @nisoooooooooorg sent me a clip 4 days back from the movie Kesari 2 of dialogues he felt were copied from my poem, titled Jallianwala Bagh, published 5 years ago on @unerasepoetry YouTube channel."
'Here are the two clips, and honestly, this is a clear copy-paste, and it's not like they've tried to hide it as well; matlab phusphusana jaisa shabd bhi uthaya hai. Yes, logo ke khayal mil sakte hai; people can think in a similar way, but kisi ek topic par bilkul ek jaisi lines likh dena is anything but a coincidence," the poet added.
While slamming Sumit Saxena, Yahya Bootwala said, 'As writers, the worst thing you can do to a fellow writer is pick their material up, blatantly use it without giving credits, and this is what I feel dialogue writer @sumit.saxena.35912 has done here. If you've ever felt attached to my work, please tag @karanjohar @karanstyagi @dharmamovies @akshaykumar and @ananyapanday so that this reaches them."
On his Instagram stories, Yahya wrote, 'Sumit Saxena. I am sure you know this. The worst you can do as a writer is steal some other writer's work without crediting them for it."
The post has now been deleted.
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