Murad Parvaz, the director of the national award winning film Brihonnala, has recently been alleged for plagiarism.
Brihonnola won the National Film Award 2014 in three categories: best film, best story and best dialogue.
The allegation came to spotlight when Times of India published a report quoting Syed Mustafa Siraj’s elder son Abhijit Siraj.
In the report published in September last year, Siraj claimed that Murad Parvez’s Brihonnola was an adaptation of Gaachhta Bolechhilo, a short story written by his father.
Murad did not give any credit to the original writer, Abhijit.
Denying such allegation, Murad said: “There is no valid ground behind the allegations. I would say that two stories may have characteristic similarities. This is not unusual,” reports Bangla Tibune.
“But the story of my film does not match with his short story in any way. They are totally different in philosophy and concept. I have read the story and I noticed that a few elements of the story are present in my screenplay, however, that is absolutely coincidental,” he said.
“Some people are trying to embarrass me. I know who they are. That is why I am really upset about the matter,” he added.
Parvez had earlier directed the film Chondrogrohon based on Syed Mustafa Siraj’s story Ranir Ghater Brittanto upon permission from the writer.
