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minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agothe hindi film industry is itself littered with corpses of stolen ideas from other film industries across the world for decades now. seems karma’s come home to roost if this story is true.
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·2 months agoTwo wrongs don’t make a right. Also pretty terrible to blame one dude for the faults of an entire national industry.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s not a wrong though and even if it was, it’s not their idea to begin with, they stole it from Hunger Games and Battle Royale.
the hindi film industry is itself littered with corpses of stolen ideas from other film industries across the world for decades now.
seems karma’s come home to roost if this story is true.
Two wrongs don’t make a right. Also pretty terrible to blame one dude for the faults of an entire national industry.
It’s not a wrong though and even if it was, it’s not their idea to begin with, they stole it from Hunger Games and Battle Royale.