Sanjay Dutt's Bhoomi Poster Not Copied, Says Anubhav Sinha In Post About 'Useless Pests'

New Delhi: A poster of actor Sanjay Dutt's upcoming film Bhoomi, 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:
 

Thank you @anubhavsinha pic.twitter.com/uNMqR6rrZ6

— Omung Kumar (@OmungKumar) July 30, 2017

Here's a sample of the tweets comparing the poster of Bhoomi to Grey:
 

Didnt any1 on the team of Bhoomi inform the makers that poster looks same as Grey? if no, y not? If yes, y didnt they bother changing? :p

— nimish halkar (@nimishhalkar) July 31, 2017

 

#bhoomi movie poster copy from Hollywood movie the grey

— Abbas khan (@Abbaskh728) July 30, 2017

This is the second poster of Bhoomi to be released, after this stark first look:
 

Here's presenting the first official poster of #Bhoomi! @BhoomiTheFilm @OmungKumar @TSeries @LegendStudios1 @aditiraohydari pic.twitter.com/GndKVEfZ6q

— Sanjay Dutt (@duttsanjay) July 29, 2017

 

Here it is, #BhoomiTeaserPoster @duttsanjay @aditiraohydari @TSeries @LegendStudios1 @SharadK7 @TheSidhantGupta @Vanita_ok @writerraj pic.twitter.com/fmGBYpTmxh

— Omung Kumar (@OmungKumar) July 24, 2017

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.