Mumbai, April 5 -- 'Laapataa Ladies' writer Biplab Goswami on Saturday issued a statement, denying claims that the movie's plot has been plagiarised.

Lately, a section of social media users pointed out that the hit Hindi film, produced by Aamir Khan and directed by Kiran Rao, had similarities to an Arabic-language short film titled Burqa City.

Reacting to plagiarism allegations, Biplab, who co-authored the film with Sneha Desai, mentioned that first detailed synopsis for the movie was submitted in 2014 with the working title 'Two Brides'. He also provided the 'relevant documents' to support his stance.

"The screenplay for Laapataa Ladies was developed extensively over many years," he wrote in his note.

Biplab added, "I first registere...