'Saiyaara is not a copy' says the writer of Ahaan Panday & Aneet Padda starrer: 'Watch both and judge for...'

While Aneet Padda and Ahaan Panday starrer Saiyaara has turned out to be a monstrous blockbuster at the box office, ever since its release, there have been reports that it is a copy of the Korean movie A Moment To Remember. However, the writer of the movie Sankalp Sadanah dismissed the news and clarified that it is not a copy of any movie.

“Honestly, so much has already been said about this. All I can say is—the Korean film is out there, and so is Saiyaara. Watch both and judge for yourself. You’ll be able to tell whether it’s inspired, a copy, or an original," Sankalp said while talking to Komal Nahta.

The writer revealed that the seed of _Saiyaara_ came during a casual meeting with Mohit Suri and recalled, “It was raining when we came back from a meeting. As I was about to leave, Mohit asked me to stay back and listen to something. He shared an idea and asked me if it was worth building into a film."

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“That discussion gave birth to the core of Saiyaara. At that time, there was no story, no screenplay—just a feeling. The seed of the film came from a single emotional thought, a line that appears in the film: ‘A hit song isn’t the one that stays in your head; it’s the one that stays in your heart.’ That was the emotion we built everything else around," he added.

Not only fans and audiences, Saiyaara garnered praise from Bollywood and south celebs like Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Mahesh Babu, Arjun Kapoor, Ameesha Patel, Siddharth Anand, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Karan Johar, Anurag Basu and Anil Kapoor, among others, for its storyline, direction and performances.