Mumbai: Recently released short film titled “Kriti” that stars Radhika Apte, Manoj Bajpayee and Neha Sharma in leads bagged fame and impressed the viewers with its thrilling aspects. On the other hand, there were also rumours stating that the short film is copied from Kathmandu based Aneel Neupane’s “BOB”. Film director Shirish Kunder refuted all such reports.
Filmmaker Aneel Neupane took to his Facebook page and said that the “Kriti” was copied from “Bob” and also alleged that Shirish had practically stolen the plot and made it into his film.
Shirish told PTI, “That short film (Bob) was released on May 12 whereas we shot Kriti in February, after which it was in post-production. How is it even possible to ‘lift’ the idea, unless I was time travelling.”
He added, “These allegations are technically, factually and logically baseless.”
“Their another claim is that they shared a private Vimeo link with their close friends in October. Now, I am not even friends with the makers and the video was private. So, how can I see it ? I am not alleging anything against them but it seems like an act just to gain some publicity,” said “Kriti” director.
