'Inspired?': Fan finds uncanny resemblance between Anushka's 'Bulbbul' & Monalisa's Nazar

As Anushka Sharma-backed feature 'Bulbbul' hit streaming platform Netflix on Wednesday, a fan shared a video showing uncanny similarities between Sharma's movie and TV actor Monalisa's show 'Nazar'. Many stills of trailer h a strong resemblance with show. 'Nazar's associate creative Abbas Ratansi also shared video on his Instagram handle and wrote, You Kw You’re Winning When You’re Being Copied !! 🎬🎬 #nazar #bulbbul #starplus #netflix #supernatural #thriller." [sic]

Talking to an entertainment portal, Monalisa said she was 'overwhelmed' to see that show became an 'inspiration' and for a change, film took TV's reference.

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Anushka Sharma's 'Bulbbul'

film, featuring "Laila Majnu" stars Tripti Dimri and Avinash Tiwary, is Anushka's second web production after Amazon Prime Video series "Paatal Lok", which debuted May 15. According to official sypsis shared by Netflix, "Bulbbul" is an Indian fable set in 20th Century Bengal. Anushka, who has produced film with her bror Karnesh Sharma via ir banner Clean Slate Filmz, took to Twitter to share first look of film.

film traverses journey of a young girl, Bulbbul, from incence to strength, as legend of a 'chudail' (witch) casts a looming show over her world. Directed by longtime lyricist-dialogue writer Anvita Dutt, mystery film also stars Rahul Bose, Paoli Dam and Parambrata Chattophyay, who starred opposite Anushka in her 2018 production, horror film "Pari".

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(with PTI inputs)