Barfi Better Than Kahaani? - Page 4

Is 'Kahaani' climax plagiarised?

"Taking Lives" is a DJ Caruso directed thriller that was based on the novel of the same title by Michael Pye. Jolie's film is about an FBI profiler who is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

Though the plotline of "Kahaani" and "TL" aren't exactly similar, what has become a talking point online is the curious similarities in the way both movies end.

The ending of "TL" shows a heavily pregnant Jolie sitting alone in her house when she discovers a serial killer. She tries to escape but is overpowered by him and is punched and thrown to the ground. During the altercation, the serial killer begins to choke her and eventually stabs her in her pregnant belly with a pair of scissors.

Jolie, seemingly unharmed by the stabbing, shocks him by quickly stabbing him with the same pair of scissors. As the killer lies dying, Jolie removes a prosthetic pregnant belly, and says the past seven months have been a planned trap!

Netizens say that the similarities in shot taking of the climax of "Kahaani" and "TK" are difficult to be missed. Vidya too is heavily pregnant and in search of Indraneil Sengupta - who has been posing as her husband. During the climax, Vidya gets into an altercation with Indraneil. She gets pushed around and instead of a pair of scissors, Vidya stabs Indraneil with her hairpin. As Indraneil lies dead on the ground, she removes her prosthetic pregnant belly!

When TOI got in touch with director Sujoy Ghosh about this video, he said, "I have heard the name of the movie but I have neither watched this film nor the video. Ever since I started making "Kahaani", people spoke about so many sources that it has been copied from. In this country, people don't know about Satyajit Ray, Yash Chopra and Manmohan Desai but they are aware of films abroad. It's amazing."

Does he think that this video is a result of his detractors reacting because of his success? "I really don't know about that."

Finally, now that TOI has brought the video to his notice, will he want to check out the movie? "I am least bothered. If people can say such a thing about a film that is set in Kolkata, I have nothing to say."