In surprising turn of legal events, Indian filmmaker Sohum Shah has accused the highly watched Netflix series ‘Squid Games’ for copying his 2009 film Luck. The director claims that the film’s storyline that revolved around the cocept of a series of people playing eccentric games to win money, and as the individual dies the amount increases, was exactly copied by the makers of Squid Games.
Shah filed a lawsuit against the streaming platform Netflix and the Squid Games maker, ‘Hwang Dong hyuk’ which has landed him into some serious legal defamations. However, Netflix has now responded to the director’s accusations. The streaming platform released a statement quoting, ‘Squid Game’ was created and written by Hwang Dong-hyuk, and we intend to defend this matter vigorously.’
Detailed Report On Sohum Shah’s Lawsuit
As per a report by TMZ, the filmmaker in his legal document, that he filed against the Korean series, the streaming platform Netflix and Hwang, the director mentioned different pointers that drew similarities between the plot of his film Luck, and Squid Games. Shah mentioned he had originally thought and wrote the story for film Luck, in 2006, and the movie was officially released in theatres across the world in 2009. The film was watched by everyone in India, UK, US and UAE. While, the director of Squid Game, had earlier expressed of originally writing the story for Squid Games in 2009, which is the same year as Luck released.
Squid Games, was a big hit upon its release and was liked by a large audience. However, now that Netflix has said that they have not copied any plot and it is the director’s original story – the final answer from the legal association is awaited. Those who have watched the film Luck and also Squid Games would now easily be able to relate the similarities in their storyline but how is this carried forward is still awaited.
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