New Delhi: Biplab Goswami, who penned the story of Kiran Rao’s critically-acclaimed film Laapataa Ladies, on Saturday dismissed the claims that the movie’s plot has been plagiarised.

Many social media users earlier this week shared a short clip from the 2019 Arabic short film Burqa City, noticing similarities between the stories of the two movies.

In Burqa City, a newlywed man sets out to find his wife after she is mistaken for another woman in a burqa.

Similarly, Laapataa Ladies follows Deepak as he searches for his new bride, who is accidentally swapped with another ghoonghat-clad woman on a train.

In a statement, posted on his official Instagram page, Goswami said the allegations are completely “untrue”.

“Our story, characters, and dialogues are 100% original. Any allegations of........

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