Director Of French Film 'Largo Winch' Which Inspired Saaho Says 'If You Steal My Work, At Least Do It Properly?'
'Sahoo' Makers Faces Fresh Plagiarism Charges
Updated : September 03, 2019 12:09 PM IST
Barely days after its release Prabha's highly successful Saaho faces new charges of plagiarism this time by French director Jerome Salle, the director alleges that the Hit Telugu movie is a copy of his 2008 movie Largo Winch.
These new allegations surface just days after actress Lisa Ray accused the Saaho of stealing art designs from artist Shilo Shiv Suleman's for the poster of the song 'Baby won't You Tell Me'
French director Jerome Salle Learned of the issue after several people tagged him on posts citing the similarities between Saaho and Largo Winch, Salle responded on twitter accusing the filmmakers of plagiarising his work.
It seems this second "freemake" of Largo Winch is as bad as the first one. So please Telugu directors, if you steal my work, at least do it properly?
— Jérôme Salle (@Jerome_Salle) September 1, 2019
And as my "Indian career" tweet was of course ironic, I'm sorry but I'm not gonna be able to help. https://t.co/DWpQJ8Vyi0
The Director went on to joke that he had a successful career in the Indian film industry.
I think I have a promising career in India. https://t.co/XAiERdgUCF
— Jérôme Salle (@Jerome_Salle) August 30, 2019
The makers of Saaho have yet to respond to any of the allegations, so far Saaho has grossed over 125cr worldwide.
You can check out the similarities between the two movies below