Talented and gorgeous Pakistani actress Sarah Khan, who is all set for her new project 'Sher' alongside Danish Taimor, cleared the air regarding the drama's inspiration from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bollywood blockbuster 'Ram Leela'.
During the interview for the digital portal 'Something Haute', Sarah Khan addressed the allegations that her gun scene with Danish in Sher was prepared after being inspired by Deepika and Ranveer's gun scene from Ram Leela.
In case readers are not aware, when the drama teaser was released, the public compared both scenes.
Talking about it, she said, “If you watch the teaser carefully, you will come to know about the whole story. The story of Sher isn’t inspired by Raam Leela. Yes, you can say that the teaser is inspired by Raam Leela. As I already said, the teaser will give you an insight into the story about the main leads and their family backgrounds”.
Sarah admitted that the visual presentation in the teaser may resemble the Bollywood film, but the storyline of the serial is completely different.
She assured fans that Sher has its own narrative.
Despite Sarah's clarification, the netizens are still spreading backlash and making the drama controversy even stronger before its release.
Netizens are of the view that why there is a need to draw inspiration from Bollywood for anything, whether it's just a teaser or the whole storyline.
“Don’t hide your obsession with Bollywood by calling it an inspiration”, said a social user.
Another said, “And they say India copies them.”
Another added, “I can’t understand Pakistani drama makers—our stories are better than Bollywood’s, yet we keep copying their style.”
Some users understood the point and defended Pakistani drama makers, saying that getting inspired is not a bad thing, and it doesn’t mean plagiarism, as Pakistani drama makers know how to change the narrative.
Well, the viewers are now waiting for the drama release and more updates to see whether Sarah is telling the truth or not.
Here is the drama teaser:
Here is Ram Leela's scene from where 'Sher' team took the inspiration for the drama teaser: