Aditya
Chopra,
whose
Tashan
releases
on
April
25,
is
irritated
with
the
makers
of
Race,
which
releases
this
Friday.
The
first
poster
and
trailer
for
Tashan
was
released
during
Aaja
Nachle's
release
(November
13,
2007)
and
the
Race
poster
and
trailers
came
out
later.
To
see
how
similar
they
are,
check
the
adjoining
pictures.
It's
obvious
that
the
makers
of
Race
lifted
the
design
of
the
YRF
film.
Adi
feels
this
is
highly
unethical
and
is
currently
changing
the
design
of
his
Tashan.
Yash
Raj
will
soon
release
the
new
poster
and
have
a
string
of
different
promos
lined
up
for
the
next
month
till
Tashan's
release.
Says
Ramesh
Taurani,
"The
presentation
is
different.
We
designed
the
posters
in
2007."
Race
director
Abbas
Burma-wala
(of
the
Abbas-Mustaan
duo)
has
a
different
take,
"I
don't
know
whether
the
posters
and
trailers
of
Race
and
Tashan
are
similar.
I
haven't
seen
the
Tashan
promos.
All
I
know
is
that
the
logo
and
designing
of
Race
took
place
before
we
started
shooting
in
December
2006.
Rahul
Nanda
had
shown
us
six
designs
on
the
computer
and
we
selected
this
design
from
the
rest."
Aashish
Singh,
Vice
President,
Production
at
Yash
Raj
Films,
says,
"We
do
not
see
any
similarity
with
any
other
film
nor
do
we
believe
that
anybody
would
copy
promos.
We
are
not
making
any
changes
to
our
ready
Tashan
promos,
which
will
soon
be
on
air."
Tashan
stars
Akshay
Kumar,
and
Kareena
Kapoor.
Race
stars
Akshay
Khanna,
Bipasha
Basu,
Katrina
Kaif
and
Sameera
Reddy
apart
from
actors
Anil
Kapoor
and
Saif
Ali
Khan,
who
are
shared
by
both
the
films.
Story first published: Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 11:20 [IST]