FlĂłra Borsi, a freelance artist, based out of Hungary, has accused the makers of Judgementall Hai Kya of plagiarising her artwork and using it as a reference for the poster of their movie.
On Monday evening, she took to her Facebook and Twitter pages to call out the makers of the Kangana Ranaut-starrer for stealing her idea.
You can check out Borsiâs entire body of work here.
Borsi tweeted on Tuesday that this wasnât just restricted to her or to one poster.
While the producers of Judgmentall Hai Kya are yet to respond to the accusations, HuffPost India found that Balaji had outsourced the publicity designs to an agency called, well, Brain On Rent.
HuffPost India reached out to Swapnil Rane, the creative director of the firm, but an associate answered the call and said, âSir is busy right now.â
Subsequent calls to Rane went unanswered.
HuffPost India also wrote to Flora Borsi, whoâs yet to respond.
However, whether itâs entire films or mere film posters, this isnât the first instance of Bollywood being accused of stealing ideas and refurbishing them for their film.
Here are 9 other instances where Bollywood blatantly copied posters from movies around the world.
âBatman Beginsâ (2005) and âRa.Oneâ (2011)
âZindagi Na Milegi Dobaraâ (2011) and âLords of Dogtownâ (2005)
âAnjaana Anjaaniâ (2010) and âAn Educationâ (2009)
âThe Graduateâ (1967) and âAitraazâ (2004)
âAntichristâ (2009) and âMurder 2â (2011)
âChaserâ (2008) and âPhoonk 2â (2010)
âLicense to Wedâ (2007) and âAtithi Tum Kab Jaogeâ (2010)
âThe Best of Meâ (2014) and âDilwaleâ (2015)
A poster of âPKâ and Quim Barreirosâs album cover