News is that the makers of Kunal Kohli and Jennifer Winget-starrer ‘Phir Se’ are miffed with ‘Daawat-E-Ishq’ co-writer Jyoti Kapoor who claims that director-turned-actor Kunal Kohli has plagiarised her script!
The writer has approached the Film Writers Association (FWA) claiming that she narrated the script to Kohli over a year ago, and responding to it Kunal Kohli issued a statement yesterday saying that the writer’s claims are false and baseless with no proof to back her malicious statements. Kunal Kohli clarified his point in the statement saying, “The allegations are completing false and are made with vested interests – whether this is an excuse to extort money or plain fame,the accusations are completely baseless and harassing. Just meeting someone once doesn’t mean you copied their script. I was already writing the script with Sukhmani Sadana when I met Jyoti. It’s sad and wrong she would use one meeting to accuse me of plagiarism. Fraud cases like this discourage producer- directors from meeting new talent. I’m completely willing to cooperate with the authorities and sort this out as I have nothing to hide”. Kunal makes his acting debut with ‘Phir Se’, having made his mark as director with films like ‘Hum Tum’ and ‘Fanaa’.
