Mehwish Hayat feels Shahid Kapoor's upcoming film takes inspiration from 'Actor in Law'

Twitterati remain divided on the discussion

The 2016 local film Actor in Law seems to have made it back to the headlines. Earlier, it was reported that the Mehwish Hayat and Fahad Mustafa starrer was being screened in Mumbai. Now, with the trailer of Shahid Kapoor's upcoming film released, Hayat feels that the Bollywood feature has taken inspiration from Actor in Law.

Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat's 'Actor in Law' to premiere in Mumbai

https://www.instagram.com/p/BldIY_HDVEC/?hl=en&taken-by=mehwishhayatofficial

She tweeted, "Just saw the Batti Gul Meter Chalu trailer. Major deja vu. Reminds me a lot of my film Actor in Law. Great to see that our neighbours are now taking inspirations from our movies."

Just saw the #BattiGulMeterChaluTrailer . Major dejavu! reminds me a lot of my film “Actor in law”. Great to see that our neighbours are now taking inspiration from our movies.@nabeelqureshi @fahadmustafa26

— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) August 10, 2018

Kapoor's next venture titled Batti Gul Meter Chalu shows him in a similar avatar to that of Mustafa's in Actor in Law. Much like how Mustafa plays a lawyer in the film, Kapoor does the same in Batti Gul Meter Chalu after escalating electricity bills kill his friend.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmSrdLAloAz/?hl=en&taken-by=shahidkapoor

Twitterati remained divided on Hayat's observation. Some agreed with the Load Wedding actor while others said that Akshay Kumar has done the same with Jolly LLB and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.

Yup when i saw the trailer i thought
"Ye phele kahin dekha dekha sa lag rha hai"
Whether its songs or movies they'll copy anything

— AhmeD (@ahmed1206says) August 10, 2018

What is similar madam ?? There is an Actor who is actually a lawyer and raising an issue of over billing and I have seen Actor In Law where an inspiring actor in acts as Lawyer.We have Jolly LLB much before Actor In Law.I loved Actor In Law but i refuse to agree on this 🙏

— RforRW (@HakkSeRWinger) August 10, 2018

Yes! I also just saw that.. And it resembles from Actor in Law❤

— O S م A N / م A N I🇵🇰 (@inketweets) August 10, 2018

Haha ye sahi hai ... sirf electricity ka issue dekkar inhone apni movie se inspire hua keh diya 😂😂😂

— Hussam (@beinghussam) August 10, 2018

Exactly what i thought after watching the trailer!

— Rushna Saleem (@RushnaChoudhry) August 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/iKhan_rabe/status/1027946704400789505

When Atif Aslam walked out of Actor in Law premiere



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