Earlier, this week ‘90s popular sit-com show Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai made headlines when its writer Aatish Kapadia came across the replica of the show, made by the Pakistani makers. In his Facebook post, the writer had slammed the Pakistani makers for bluntly copying his bit-by-bit. Aatish had intimated his friends and show fans to not give ‘views’ to the show, and had called it a daylight robbery. Now after Aatish, Rupali Ganguly, who played one of the leads on the show, has also reacted to the redux version of the show. Rupali portrayed the character of a house maker, Monisha alongside Ratna Pathak Shah.
Speaking to Times Of India, Rupali said, “It’s disgusting the way they have copied it frame to frame. I know imitation is the best form of flattery, but what they have done is an insult. It’s such a bad copy with tacky looking characters, sets, dialogues, it’s all very sleazy.” When asked about if makers are planning any legal actions against the makers, she said, ““We have made the topic official now. Let’s see if they pull it down or not. Else, we will move according to the need of the hour.”
Rupali further added that this should be a cue for the show makers to revive the show. She added, “Now at least the makers need to realise that we need to bring back Sarabhai. We (the cast) are raring to go, waiting to come back, and are absolutely ready on the starting line. Aatish bhai is ready too. We should bring back the original and give these sad, non-creative people fodder to make some more horrible copies!”
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Posted by Aatish Kapadia on Sunday, 13 December 2020
Earlier, writer of the show Aatish Kapadia had slammed the makers in a Facebook post. He had written, “But this blatant copy!??? My god, it’s appalling. My request to my friends is to NOT give that show ‘views’, by chance you’ll come across that daylight robbery. So much for copyright! And I don’t mean the technical copyright. I mean the shameful lack of conscience that those thieves displayed while lifting the show, lock stock and barrel! Waiting for poetic justice, if there’s any. P.s imitation is the best form of flattery. But lack of permission before illegal imitation is amorality.” (ALSO READ: Excuse Me Madam: Sarabhai VS Sarabhai's Rosesh Aka Rajesh Kumar To Surprise Fans By Dressing Up As A Woman On The Show)
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