Laapataa Ladies Author Biplab Goswami denies the claims of literary theft: completely untrue
Screen writer Bipalab Goswami, a missing ladies, denied allegations of literary theft after online comparisons of Burka city. He claimed the originality of the film, citing years of research and screenplay registration since 2014.

Screen writer Bipalab Goswami, a screenwriter of the film Missing Ladies by Kiran Rao’s critics, has strongly denied allegations of literary theft after social media users compared between the film and the 2019 Arabic comedy Burka city.
He insisted that the story of missing women is completely original. He wrote, “Story, dialogues, characters, and visual – all the stem from our story, characters and dialogues of research and honest reflection over the years are 100% original. Any allegations of literary theft are completely untrue (SIC).”
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In a detailed statement, Goswami clarified that the screenplay for missing women was developed over several years, began in 2014. “I first registered the detailed synopsis of the film, which outlines the entire story on July 3, 2014 (SIC) with the Screen Writer Association with the Working Title to Brides,” he said.
He said that in this early Sinopsis, there were already the major scenes seen in the final film, “there is a scene that clearly describes the groom to bring the wrong bride home and feel shocked to feel his mistake due to the veil, as well as with the rest of his family. This is where the story (SIC) takes.”
In 2018, Goswami also recorded a feature-length script called two brides, who went to win the runner-up in the Cystan Storytellor competition that year. “Again, in this screenplay, I had a scene surprised by the photo of The Brid (SIC),” he said, referring to a moment under investigation due to being similar to a scene of Burka City.
Addressing the use of incorrect identity due to the veil, Goswami said, “William Shakespeare, Alexandre Dumas and Rabindranath Tagore (SIC) (SIC) (SIC) have a classical form as a result of the wrong identity to tell the story used by writers for centuries.
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Director Kiran Rao’s acclaimed film, missing ladies, are facing claims of literary theft with many social media users who are posting their similarity with the 2019 Arabic film Burka city. There was speculation that went viral on social media after a video characterized by a scene characteristic of a scene from Burka City.
After a video comparing the missing Ladies and Burka City scenes, the controversy turned online, inspiring the users to question the originality of India’s official presentation this year.