This is the second poster of Bhoomi (courtesy Sanjay Dutt)
Highlights
- The poster of Bhoomi features a close-up of Sanjay Dutt
- It was compared online to a similar poster of the film Grey
- An angry Anubhav Sinha attached other examples of posters using close-ups
, accused of being copied, has received an impassioned defence from a filmmaker not connected to the project. Anubhav Sinha, who directed Mr Dutt in the films
Dus and
Tathastu, has written an expletive-laced Facebook post denouncing Bollywood's "useless pests" and "losers sitting on their a@#$*s." The poster of
Bhoomi, released over the weekend on Sanjay Dutt's birthday, features a close-up of the actor and was compared online to a similar poster of the film Grey, starring Liam Neeson. An angry Anubhav Sinha attached other examples of posters using close-ups, including one of Tyrion Lannister from
Game Of Thrones, writing that none of the material was necessarily copied from each other.
"I think the Bhoomi poster is fantastic," wrote Anubhav Sinha, advising the critics to "start writing a movie that can be made." You can read his post
here (warning: he uses abusive language).
Sanjay Dutt has not acknowledged Anubhav Sinha's post but
Bhoomi director Omung Kumar has, tweeting this:
Here's a sample of the tweets comparing the poster of
Bhoomi to
Grey:
This is the second poster of
Bhoomi to be released, after
this stark first look:
Bhoomi is Sanjay Dutt's first film after leaving jail last year. The 58-year-old actor completed a five-year sentence after being convicted of illegally possessing arms in a case connected to the 1993 Bombay Blasts.
Bhoomi stars Aditi Rao Hydari as the daughter of Sanjay Dutt's character and
Sunny Leone will appear in a special song sequence. The film releases this September.
Sanjay Dutt also has several other projects in the pipeline, including the third
Munna Bhai film. A biopic of his life is currently filming with actor Ranbir Kapoor in the lead.