Foolish and silly: R Balki on 'Padman' plagiarism claims

Entertainment, Pollywood

Mumbai: "Padman" director R Balki has brushed off allegations of plagiarism against his recently- released film, calling the claims "silly" and "foolish".

Writer Ripu Daman Jaiswal has accused the makers of the Akshay Kumar-Radhika Apte starrer of copying 11 scenes from a script that he had written.

"I remember I was in the library when I wrote this dialogue and was truly elated. Honestly, I surprised myself that day. Tell me, how on earth can you steal someone's dialogue? This is unfair," he had tweeted.

The writer also said that he has filed an FIR against Akshay and the filmmakers. "R Balki! I tried everything! I even filed a police complaint at Cuffe Parade station on 23rd of Jan against everyone. Tell me, what more can I do?