Filmmaker Karan Johar is back on the coffee bench! Season 7 of Coffee With Karan started on Disney+ Hotstar with Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt followed by actresses Janhvi Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan as guests in the second episode. As the buzz around the show has grown, it has run into controversy over plagiarism.
Karan Johar’s Koffee With Karan 7 Accused Of Plagiarism By A Writer: ‘If you lift the copy, give the credit’
A writer-journalist took to social media and claimed that the second episode, which featured Janhvi Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan, had used her ideas for a new ‘guessing game’ segment. Both actresses had to guess the name of the films based on the poorly described plots. Speaking of Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Karan asks them, “A grown man unable to tie his shoes accidentally reveals his hidden identity to his former nanny.” The writer-journalists claimed that the said words were literally removed from her 2020 content. The article was titled ‘Calling all Bollywood buffs: guess the movie using these poorly explained plots’ which asked the same question.
Manya Lohit Ahuja wrote: “So #KoffeeWithKaran lifted the IP I started at @iDivaOfficial and literally used the whole copy??? I came up with this concept and I had a lot of fun writing it but not to be credited just because it was frivolous is not acceptable!? If you lift the copy, give credit.”
When you lift the copy, do you give credit? @karanjohar @shreemiverma @DisneyPlusHS @StarWorldIndia pic.twitter.com/IfN7NcTj4j
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She also wrote on Instagram: “I’ve decided I can’t let this go. I want recognition for my work – it may not be world-changing work, but it’s mine nonetheless.” She tagged Karan Johar, the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar and creative writer Shreemi Verma on the post. They have yet to respond to the plagiarism controversy.
The new season of Coffee with Karan will see Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Akshay Kumar, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon, Tiger Shroff, Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Ananya Panday, Vijay Deverakonda, Anil Kapoor, Varun Dhawan as guests. Sidharth Malhotra, Vicky Kaushal, Gauri Khan, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Maheep Kapoor and Bhavana Pandey are also expected to make an appearance.
Meanwhile, Karan Johar . directs Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani arrives in theaters on February 10, 2023. The film stars Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan. He is also set to direct an action film that will launch in April 2023.
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