Chiranjeevi's 'Acharya' plagiarism row: Makers release statement to clear the air

Chiranjeevi's 'Acharya' was called our for being plagiarism after its poster was released on Chiranjeevi’s birthday. Director Rajesh Manduri h alleged that makers of 'Acharya' h stolen his story. Thus,  makers of film have w gone on to release a statement dressing se claims me by director. Konidela Production company released a statement on ir social media handles and described entire incident along with ir response to it.

Acharya makers release a statement in regards to plagiarism row

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statement was me by Matinee Entertainment and signed by Anvesh Reddy. makers began statement by mentioning quite clearly that film 'Acharya' was an original film. y furr stated that movie h been conceptualised and written by Koratala Siva alone. y sternly refuted claims of plagiarism, tagging m as baseless.

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Describing situation furr ahe, makers stated that title look poster of movie was unveiled on birthday of superstar Chiranjeevi. makers mentioned that y ticed love and support that poster got upon release. refore, y found it ridiculous that some claims were being me simply based on that poster of film. makers once again cleared that movie followed an original story. y ded that y felt it was unacceptable that certain individual resorted to defaming a reputed filmmaker like Koratala Siva.

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Continuing ir statement, makers once again called claims me against film untrue, baseless and false.y ded that se claims h only been me on basis of assumptions. makers ded that movie 'Acharya' was presented by Konidela Productions Company and h been produced by Matinee Entertainment. Speaking more about film, makers ded that movie was currently being shot. y closed ir statement by saying that team of 'Acharya' h been trying ir best to complete film as soon as possible and present it to audience.

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