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Saaho: Lisa Ray Accuses Producers Of 'Art Theft' Over 'Baby Wont You Tell Me' Poster

After Diet Sabya now Lisa Ray has accused Prabhas starrer Saaho of plagiarism

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Saaho: Lisa Ray Accuses Producers Of 'Art Theft' Over 'Baby Wont You Tell Me' Poster

Saaho: Lisa Ray Accuses Producers Of 'Art Theft'

Prabhas' Saaho has started courting controversy just a day after its release. After Diet Sabya now Lisa Ray has accused Saaho of plagiarism. The 'Water' actress alleged how the makers of "Saaho" has  stolen the artwork of contemporary artist Shilo Shiv Suleman for their song "Baby Won't You Tell Me"

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Lisa Ray shared the two pictures, one of the original artwork and the other of a similar image featuring Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor's photos on it. 

Lisa wrote: "…We need to stand up and speak up. To hold up a mirror to these makers to make them understand THIS IS NOT RIGHT. It's come to light that big-budget film production has ripped off one of Shilo's original creations. This is NOT inspiration but blatant theft. In no world, is this acceptable. The production did not contact the creator, asking her permission or offer to collaborate or offering a credit. Nothing. This is not right."

Holding the producers accountable, the Dobaara actress added, "I believed the Hindi film industry was evolving necessarily past stealing storylines and so called inspiration, but the producers of Shahoo have obviously not gotten the memo when it comes to art. Here's the thing. Creators are worthy of worship. What they produce are more lasting and precious so than all the other ‘things' that can be taken away. Let's hold these producers accountable for their infuriating, dishonourable action."

Lisa ended the note with a question, "How would you feel if a thief slid into your home and took away your most prized possessions? Your heart. Your soul. And your livelihood."

The makers of Saaho are yet to react to this.

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What is creativity? What is art? Where does it come from? We know what it is not. It’s not your social status. It’s not your job title. It’s not your appearance. It’s not even the image you see in the mirror. Creativity and its sister Art reach us from the sweet spot of the universe- the soul you might say- through mystery. But I do know that the creator- artist is the channel for it. Let me tell you how hard it is to create- anything- original or authentic. I personally labored for years over my book, quelled the doubts and noise from others and didn’t emerge until I had almost undone myself. Because it’s a calling. And when I was moving through dark moment of self-doubt or creative blocks, I would turn to the work that @shiloshivsuleman puts out into the world and shares on her Instagram handle. She may not even know this, but I can recognize when a creator works honourably and deeply, bleeding, sacrificing, unsleeping, stretching herself in the direction of emotional bravery to produce work that births those feelings we all look for in day to day life. To feel inspired. To feel alive. That’s why when something dishonorable happens, we need to stand up and speak up. To hold up a mirror to these makers to make them understand THIS IS NOT RIGHT. It’s come to light that a big budget film production has ripped off one of Shilo’s original creations. This is NOT inspiration but blatant theft. In no world, is this acceptable. The production did not contact the creator, ask her permission nor offer to collaborate or offer a credit. Nothing. This is not right. I believed the Hindi film industry was evolving necessarily past stealing storylines and rampant plagiarism but the producers of Shahoo have obviously not gotten the memo when it comes to art. Here’s the thing- Creators are worthy of worship. What they produce are more lasting and precious so than all the other ‘things’ we accumulate that can be taken away. Let’s hold these producers accountable for their infuriating, dishonourable action. How would you feel if a thief slid into your home and took away your most prized possessions? Your heart. Your soul. And your livelihood. Image @dietsabya

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Earlier infamous Bollywood critic Diet Sabya taking a dig at Saaho and its huge budget accused, filmmakers "Didn’t find the budget to produce original artwork for poster."

After pointing out the ‘similarities’ by the critic a lot of netizens have also questioned as to why credit was not given to Shilo Shiv Suleman calling it ‘350 crores of copying’. ‘It was just an inspiration LoL , it’s good that they are using the art but man , at least give credit to the artist who has put their blood and sweat into it. Yuck’ another commented.

The artist whose artwork is in question also raised concern on the alleged plagiarism. "I’m quite certain it was intended for me to create this installation. I’m certain that the sand storms, the dust, the rose-pink clouds, the thunderstorms gathered around it intentionally, for me. What happens when that story gets taken without your permission? I am known by my creation." shared Shilo Shiv Suleman.

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Where does inspiration come from? What (sacred) wells do we drink from when we create from an original and authentic space? This week people from across the world gather back together in that dust @burningman and I am reminded of how much of my creation comes from my (beating) heart. Pulse and bloom is a biofeedback installation that reacts to people’s heartbeats, and it came to exist because of a series of personal relationships. It was born from love (like me). We had support from @burningman but we also pulled out of our own pockets to make it manifest. I left my home for the first time, moved to another country, went out into that desert. It cost me a heart. It was a gift, and a sacrifice for all of us involved, and changed the paths of all our lifelines. I’m quite certain it was intended for me to create this installation. I’m certain that the sand storms, the dust, the rose-pink clouds, the thunderstorms gathered around it intentionally, for me. What happens when that story gets taken without your permission? I am known by my creation. #pulseandbloom @rd108 @sabarani @lukeiseman @heatheraminastewart @samuelclay with a team of hearts @_gracenotes @jugularbean @vivek_chockalingam @brittanyjanis @_zenrabbit @mattmedved and more. Burningman 2014

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While the inspiration of the song where Shraddha tailing behind Prabhas amidst a desert with rose pink clouds in their romantic number ‘Baby Won’t You Tell Me’, remains unclear or even if it 'copied' so to say, one must comply to the fact that the similarities are very much plausible. 

Saaho, helmed by Sujeeth has released in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil in theatres across the country today and earned rave review from critics. The action-thriller also stars Evelyn Sharma, Mandira Bedi and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • After Diet Sabya now Lisa Ray has accused Saaho of plagiarism
  • Lisa Ray accused makers of stealing artwork of artist Shilo Shiv Suleman
  • 'Big-budget film production has ripped off one of Shilo's original creations' said actress
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