It
is
that
copycat
syndrome
again.
Or
so
director
Samir
Karnik
believes.
In
an
angry
outburst,
he
says
that
his
posters
of
the
three
loveable
Sardarjis
-
Dharmendra,
Sunny
and
Bobby
Deol
in
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
has
inspired
director
Anees
Bazmee
to
put
his
entire
male
cast
into
turbans
on
the
posters
of
No
Problem.
Says
Samir,
"We
came
up
with
posters
showing
the
Deols
in
turbans.
Soon
after
that,
I
saw
similar
posters
of
No
Problem
with
all
their
heroes
Sanjay
Dutt,
Anil
Kapoor,
Akshaye
Khanna
etc.
as
Sardarjis,
plastered
all
over
town.
It
can't
be
a
coincidence."
No
Problem
director
Anees
Bazmi
agrees
there
is
design
behind
the
Sikh
posters.
"We
shot
the
song
with
the
entire
cast
dressed
up
in
Sikh
turbans
a
year
ago.
So
where's
the
question
of
copying
the
other
film?
With
due
respects
to
Dharam
paaji,
Sunny,
Bobby
and
Samir
Karnik,
my
links
with
Punjab
and
Punjabiyat
go
back
a
long
way.
I
made
Singh
Is
Kinng.
And
if
I
had
my
way,
I'd
make
Singh
Is
Kinng
2
too.
But
I
am
not
being
allowed
to.
You'll
have
to
ask
producer
Vipul
Shah
why."
However,
Samir
Karnik
gets
the
last
word
in
on
the
question
of
Punjabiyat.
Says
Karnik,
"Almost
everyone
in
the
cast
and
crew
of
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
is
Sikh.
All
the
Deols,
our
leading
lady
Kulraj
Randhawa,
even
our
writer
Jasvinder
Singh
Bhatt
are
Sikhs.
They
(the
unit
of
No
Problem)
might
have
shot
their
turbaned
song
first.
But
our
posters
were
out
first."
Story first published: Friday, December 10, 2010, 17:35 [IST]