Published 22:05 IST, February 22nd 2020

Kiara Advani's photo from Dabboo Ratnani calendar gets called out for 'plagiarism'

Kiara Advani's viral picture for Dabboo Ratnani's Calendar 2020 enters into a controversy. An international photographer accuses of plagiarising the creativity

Reported by: Jiya Chulet
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Recently, Indian fashion photographer Dabboo Ratnani caught many eyeballs when he shared picture of his calendar.  celebrities like Vicky Kaushal, Saif Ali Khan and Abhishek Bachchan among ors posed for Dabboo Ratnani's calendar. In it, actors like Sunny Leone and Bhumi Pednekar among ors are featured in a bold avatar.

But among all or celebrities, Kiara Advani stole limelight as her picture went viral within hours. Kiara Advani's picture even sparked off a meme fest on Twitter. But recently, it turned into a controversy.  

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A user pointed out that Dabboo Ratnani's photo bore a striking similarity to a similar photoshoot done by International photographer Marie Barsch. user n claimed that Dabboo Ratnani has plagiarised Kiara Advani's photo for his calendar.

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Marie also picked up on post. Sharing a snapshot of post on her Instagram story, she expressed her disappointment. She also wrote a caption that read 'I just leave that here'. Later, Marie shared a few snaps of DM she received from fans mocking her creation against that of Dabboo Ratnani’s. Whereas, official statement about same has been made by actor Kiara Advani or photographer Dabboo Ratnani.

Check Marie Barsch's story below

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Marie's original post she shared in vember 2019

For unversed, in one of pictures of Dabboo Ratnani's Calendar 2020, Kiara Advani was seen amidst greenery.  bare actor hid her body parts behind a large leaf. Interestingly, a section of internet users started tagging Dabboo Ratnani in comments section of Marie Barsch's post that resembles  picture. Marie Barcsh shared that post in vember 2019. 

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(Cover Im Courtesy: Kiara Advani and Marie Barsch Instagram)

 

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15:27 IST, February 21st 2020