Sukumar directorial Rangasthalam is one of the biggest hits of this year. Ram Charan as Chiti Babu was heaped with praises for his performance and was termed as his career-best performance. However, as the makers buoyed with joy over film’s success, it courted plagiarism controversy, where Sukumar was accused of lifting scenes from Ukkupaadam by director M. Gandhi. The issue reached till Telugu Film Writers Association, following which Sukumar responded to it.
Sukumar Responded Copy Allegations On Rangasthalam
Sukumar agreed of taking inspiration, but not from Ukkupaadam. He said he got inspired from 1979 Rajnikanth and Sridevi starrer ‘Dharm Yuddham’. He said, “I haven’t copied anyone’s ideas for Rangasthalam movie, but have crafted all scenes from my own imagination. For the scenes where the hero saves villain till last moment only to kill him, I got inspired from 1979 Rajnikanth and Sridevi starrer ‘Dharm Yuddham’. I thought of using that characterisation from a long time and used it here in Rangasthalam.”
We have to seen how M. Gandhi responds to Sukumar’s reply. Will he settle for this or will rake up again?
