Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies’ scene resembles with Arabic film Burqa City, netizens call it plagiarism

Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies’ scene resembles with Arabic film Burqa City, netizens call it plagiarism

The 2024 Bollywood movie, Laapataa Ladies directed by Kiran Rao is dealing with plagiarism issues after social media users found it resembling with the Arabic short film, ‘Burqa City’. The Bollywood film was India’s official entry to the Oscars 2025 in the Best Foreign Language Film category but failed to secure a spot in the final nomination list. Now a video of a scene from Burqa City is going viral on social media. Netizens have spotted some similarities from Laapataa Ladies in the Arabci film.  The 2024 Bollywood movie, Laapataa Ladies directed by Kiran Rao is dealing with plagiarism issues after social media users found it resembling with the Arabic short film, ‘Burqa City’. The Bollywood film was India’s official entry to the Oscars 2025 in the Best Foreign Language Film category but failed to secure a spot in the final nomination list. Now a video of a scene from Burqa City is going viral on social media. Netizens have spotted some similarities from Laapataa Ladies in the Arabci film.    IndiaTV Entertainment: Google News Feed