Plagiarism Allegation Against IIFA Over Sridevi Tribute Video
The IIFA Awards 2018 aired on television on 29 July with a tribute to the late Sridevi. But the tribute video seems to have invited trouble. A lady, Saba Arif, has alleged that it was plagiarised from a tribute video she had made and uploaded on YouTube in March 2018. According to her, her video was used by IIFA without her permission and simply peppered with a voiceover and some stills. She also alleges that she was not given credit for the video that could have been the biggest privilege of her career'.
Sridevi passed away on 24 February 2018.
Arif took to Facebook to protest against IIFA:
It's so heartbreaking when something you've worked on gets ripped off and passed off as someone else's work. I just happened to turn on the TV to watch the IIFA awards last night and I got the rude shock of having MY video played on the show without my permission!
To see the entire film fraternity tearing up after having watched the video that I made might have been the biggest privilege of my career, if it hadn't been for the fact that they didn't acknowledge me at all for having made it.
Way to go IIFA Awards COLORS TV Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Thanks so much for stealing my #Sridevi tribute video at the #IIFA2018 awards.
Your laziness, lack of scruples, and incompetence shines through. Just goes to show how sincere your tribute was, after all.
#ShameOnIIFA #IIFA2018 #SrideviDeservedBetter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hijiinxed/status/1023620807635947521...
https://twitter.com/gaanasrini/status/1023886003847626753...
P.S.: Here is my original video that I had made way back in March:
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