Prabhas' "Saaho" has some uncanny similarities with French filmmaker Jerome Salle's 2008 film "Largo Winch" and the director has criticised the makers of the multi-lingual Indian movie for creating a "bad" copy. "Largo Winch" is an action thriller based on the Belgian comic book of the same name, and post the release of "Saaho" on Friday many social media users pointed out how the film looked like a rip-off of the successful French movie.

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Salle, who was being tagged by a lot of users on microblogging site Twitter, seemed upset by the team of "Saaho" and advised Telugu directors to at least make the copy "properly". "It seems this second "freemake" of Largo Winch is as bad as the first one. So please Telugu directors, if you steal my work, at least do it properly?" Salle tweeted. This tweet came after a user on August 30, tweeted: "Buddy another day and another free make of your Largo Winch movie in India #Saaho. You are the real Guruji." Salle immediately responded and said: "I think I have a promising career in India."

This is not the first time Salle has accused Telugu filmmakers for stealing his work. In 2018, he had claimed that "Agnyaathavaasi", featuring Pawan Kalyan, was also a copy of "Largo Winch". The film was written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. 

About the film 

'Saaho' is an action-entertainment which features Prabhas as an outlaw and Shraddha Kapoor as a police officer. Besides the lead pair, the film stars Jackie Shroff, Mandira Bedi, Chunky Panday, Arun Vijay, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lal, Evelyn Sharma, among others.

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‘Saaho’, produced by UV Creations, releases in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, while the Hindi version is presented by T-Series. 

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"Sahoo", directed by Sujeeth and also featuring Shraddha Kapoor, has minted over 90 crores in India.

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(With inputs from PTI)