Ketan M sends legal notice to Kangana

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Posted: 8 years ago
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Now she can be Queen of Lies and Theft.

She apparently demanded to be cowriter and codirector and when Ketan said no she ditched him and stole his story.

I can't post whole article but here is excerpt :

We know that Kangana is next going to shoot for a movie titled Manikarnika - The Queen of Jhansi. We also know that Ketan Mehta had announced a project much similar to this one, way back in June 2015, and Kangana was on board for it. Over the course of one and a half years, Ketan had shared multiple drafts of the script and all the research material on the subject collected over years with her. Reportedly, he had also brought in an international co-producer on board for the project. (ALSO READ: After Simran writer Apurva Asrani rants against Kangana Ranaut, producer Shailesh Singh stands up for her)

After two years worth of discussions the filmmaker and actress parted their ways on the project. It was reported by DNA that Kangana not only wanted to write the script with Ketan but was also interested in co-directing it. After parting ways, Kangana announced Manikarnika as her next project with producer Kamal Jain, writer K Vijayendra Prasad and director Krish on board.

Ketan only came to know of the new project on the same lines as his film, with a new director and new producer, through the media. "Kangana being privy to all the documents and research material along with the script shared with her, has knowingly committed the act of trying to hijack the project in collusion with Producer Kamal Jain & others," read a press release issued by Ketan Mehta.

A source close to Ketan Mehta has been quoted in a press release saying, "This is a brazen act of hijacking a film project. This subject has been Ketan s labour of love for over ten years & he believes that Rani of Jhansi is a great subject which can travel across the world. I know he has worked very hard to develop the entire project and has invested lots of time, energy and money in it. The act is a criminal breach of trust and a completely unethical attempt at stealing someone s fully developed film project.
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Legal notice for "trying to". ...😆


Ketan couldn't get the funds for his English film that he wanted to make for international festivals. She didn't want to be associated with that art house version.

Krish and Vijayendra approached her for the same biopic with a different perspective. They had the backing and hence the project.

Rani Lakshmi Bai has been made on TV before too. Therefore, its not his story. It is not his screenplay either.

As the Apurva story dies, this pops up. Great job DNA, the official anti-Kangana site 👏

Ketan still has the option of getting another actress do the same film. I know someone who is free in a few months. ⭐️

If there can be 2 Bhagat Singh movies, then there can be 2 Lakshmi Bai same year too.


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Posted: 8 years ago
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Ketan mehta is spent force 😆
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Posted: 8 years ago
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lol
like I said, she can do all the work in her head and watch her walk in her head.


Posted: 8 years ago
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Wts with kangna trying to steal stories
Videsh se course kia hai wahan bhi khud kuch likha tha ki copy aste kia hai
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Waiting for Kangana to respond with her victim mentality
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Posted: 8 years ago
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She can ditch Ketan but stealing his script and idea for developing exactly the same is so unethical and so Kangana... she is already too big on her head...
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Why does it take 2 years and multiple drafts to decide she doesn't want to do an art house version? Idea must have been same initially as well. He couldn't have gone saying he will make a masala movie and after two years, suddenly tried to make an art house version!
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Posted: 8 years ago
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It seems that when someone critic her, directly or indirectly, the others see this as an opportunity to gang up on her, while she's attacked... Thinking that diverting her energy will be enough to defeat her or create brand capitals on her name...

That story is a historical one, with figures and events that cannot be copyrighted... As such only the perspective on the events can be replicated, but without a completed project it will be impossible to prove which creative materials she did carry over Krish version of Manikarnika...

In other words, he's preaching in the desert... Kangana is no producer and no director, as such her creative inputs in any movie cannot be credited to her, unless legally specified...
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Posted: 8 years ago
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Everybody is blaming her and still as per some she is the only right and good person in the entire universe always speaking the truth and the whole world is lying ROFL

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