French director Jérôme Salle accused Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer
Saaho
of plagiarism. He believed that the plot has been copied from his 2008 film Largo Winch. Last year, he had called out Pawan Kalyan’s
Agnyaathavaasi
for the same, according to
NDTV
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Prabhas in a still from Saaho. YouTube[/caption] Salle took to Twitter on 30 August and wrote, “I think I have a promising career in India.” However, the sarcasm in his tweet was misconstrued by many. Check out his tweet
Following this, he said that if the makers had to copy his work, they should “atleast do it properly.”
However, many angry fans rushed to defend Saaho. Here are their tweets
In August, a Bengaluru-based artist Shilo Shiv Suleman had said that the makers copied her installation ‘Pulse and Bloom’ for the set of the song, ‘Baby Won’t You Tell Me’, without permission. The installation was showcased in Burning Man festival of 2014.
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