Dabboo Ratnani says Kiara Advani’s shot was inspired by Tabu’s picture from 2002: ‘I admit to plagiarising my own self’
Hindustan TimesPhotographer Dabboo Ratnani was in the eye of a storm after social media users pointed out the uncanny similarity between Kiara Advani’s shot for his calendar and a picture of model Steph Taylor taken by photographer Marie Bärsch last year. However, Dabboo has vociferously denied all the allegations of plagiarism, insisting that the photograph of Kiara was inspired by a picture he took of Tabu for his 2002 calendar. Dabboo Ratnani has denied allegations that he plagiarised a picture taken by photographer Marie Bärsch in his 2020 calendar. Dabboo’s 2020 calendar also featured a number of other Bollywood celebrities, apart from Kiara, including Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, John Abraham, Anushka Sharma, Hrithik Roshan, Sunny Leone, Tiger Shroff, Bhumi Pednekar, Vidya Balan and Ananya Panday.