Is Shoojit Sircar's 'October' copied? Marathi filmmaker accuses the director of plagiarism

While Shoojit Sircar's latest film October has been lauded by masses as well as critics alike, the makers have been accused of plagiarism by a Marathi filmmaker.

Hemal Trivedi has claimed that the film is plagiarised from 2017 Marathi film titled Aarti - The Unknown Love Story, directed by Sarika Mene.

Hemal Trivedi took to Facebook to report the incident and stated that Sircar never acquired rights of the Marathi film neither did they contact Mene. "The filmmakers of October never acquired any rights to the Marathi film and they never contacted Sarika."

Sarika Mene told the tabloid, "I want the audience to watch both films and be impartial in their opinion. When I watched October, (I realised that) the emotions and characters portrayed are similar. Only a few things don't match."

"How can a writer have imagined the exact events that had occurred in my brother's private life? I want to know where he (Sircar)got his film's idea from - sometimes he says it's inspired from his life, sometimes he says a newspaper article (was the starting point), "Mene was quoted as saying to a newspaper.

Interestingly, the Marathi film is based on Mene's brother Sunny Pawar's life and his girlfriend Aarti Makwana, who was paralysed in a car accident. It traces Sunny's journey who stands by her side till her last breath.