Ashish said that he had approached Kangana Ranaut to write a foreword for the Hindi version of the book in September 2020 but did not receive a reply.
On Thursday, Kangana Ranaut had announced that she will star in the second installment of the Manikarnika franchise, titled Manikarnika Returns: The Legend Of Didda.
Now, Ashish Kaul, author of Didda - Kashmir Ki Yodha Rani, the copyright owner of the biography, has accused Kangana of "blatantly violating his sole rights".
Ashish has said that the announcement of the film took him by surprise. In an interview with The Times of India, Ashish said that he had approached Kangana to write a foreword for the Hindi version of the book in September 2020 but did not receive a reply on the same from the actor or her then-manager Rangoli Chandel.
Ashish has claimed that Kangana, knowingly or unknowingly, has chosen to commit an intellectual fraud.
he said, "Is it believable by any stretch of imagination that a story and a book is being usurped by a renowned actor-turned-social activist? She may even turn around and claim that Didda is a historical figure, which is true except the fact that no historian in the world, apart from Kalhan who wrote just two pages on her, and me, who has spent six years on research and documentation, who have information on her."
He added, "I am deeply aghast that a person as aware, knowledgeable, and apparently a nationalist and a voice for causes, has chosen to belittle her image so. She has blatantly violated my sole rights; it is illegal and an absolute violation of the IPR and copyright laws of the same country that she swears by. I find it so brazen and hideous and I am still inclined to believe that Kangana has been misguided."
For the uninformed, Ashish is in talks with Zeeshan Ahmed of 70mm Talkies for the film adaptation of his book.
Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda will be the sequel to Kangana's 2019 film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. Ahead of the film's second anniversary later this month, the actor announced the film on Thursday.
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 "'Didda-Kashmir Ki Yodha Rani' author Ashish Kaul accuses Kangana Ranaut of 'blatantly violating his sole rights'")
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