India, April 7 -- Biplab Goswami, who is credited for the story of Laapataa Ladies (2024), is unhappy with the plagiarism allegations levelled against his work. He took to Instagram and X on Saturday, sharing his statement, calling everything untrue.

Social media users found similarity between the Kiran Rao-directorial and Burqa City directed by Fabrice Bracq, which started doing the rounds of film festivals in 2019, a year after Biplab's script 'Two Brides' was locked. Fabrice meanwhile claimed that he wrote his short film in 2017, shot in 2018 and presented in 2019.

Speaking to HT City, he confesses that nobody bothered to get his version too, "I had got my story registered with the Screenwriters Association in 2014. I have proof, the...