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Author Ashish Kaul, who has written the e book “Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir”, on Friday accused Kangana Ranaut of copyright infringement after the actor introduced a movie on the warrior queen. Ranaut and producer Kamal Jain on Thursday introduced a sequel to her 2019 launch, “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”, titled “Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda”.
The sequel will reportedly inform the true story of Didda, who was the Queen of Kashmir and defeated Mehmood Ghaznavi twice.
Despite being struck by polio in a single leg, she was one of many biggest warriors.
Kaul mentioned not a lot has been written about Didda within the historical past and he believes Ranaut has primarily based the brand new movie’s story on his e book “Didda: Kashmir Ki Yodha Rani”.
He mentioned he was commissioned by Rupa Publications to jot down the e book about Didda in 2018 and it was revealed in English language.
Kaul claimed that he had approached Ranaut to jot down a foreword for the Hindi model of the e book in September final 12 months.
“I wrote a mail to her giving her all the story that she has quoted yesterday. I had requested her if she could be related to the e book for foreword, there was no speak for the movie then. But we didn’t obtain any reply from her.
“Whatever she is saying about the story is available only in my book only. She could have asked me if she wants to do a film based on my book but she didn’t approach me,” Kaul advised PTI.
When he took the matter with Ranaut and the movie’s producer, they denied that they’re utilizing his story for the film, he mentioned, including that he will probably be in search of authorized counsel to “protect my rights”.
“I will do whatever it takes to protect my rights and consult legal experts in coming days,” he mentioned.
When contacted, Ranaut and Jain weren’t out there for a remark.
“Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda” is scheduled to go on flooring in January 2022.