Maruthi Rubbishes Plagiarism, Says Radha Is His Story
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oi-IANS
By Ians English
Telugu
filmmaker
Maruthi
has
rubbished
plagiarism
allegations
against
the
story
of
his
upcoming
Radha,
which
was
rumoured
to
have
been
stolen
from
a
young
writer.
He
said
that
the
Telugu
romantic-drama
is
his
own
creation.
The
movie
was
launched
recently
and
its
shooting
is
expected
to
start
shortly.
"Following
the
allegations
against
me,
I
have
submitted
my
script
to
the
Writer's
Association.
Every
line
in
the
script
is
my
own
and
I
have
not
stolen
it
from
anybody.
These
allegations
are
baseless
and
media
should
cross
check
before
even
writing
about
it," Maruthi
told
IANS.
"The
association
will
decide
if
I
have
stolen
my
story
or
not.
Even
if
they
find
any
resemblance
to
the
story
of
the
other
writer,
I'm
willing
to
makes
changes.
But
I
know
that
it
won't
be
needed
because
my
story
is
my
own,"
the
filmmaker
added.
Daggubati
Venkatesh
and
Nayantara
plays
the
lead
pair
in
Radha
and
this
is
their
third
film
together
post
Lakshmi
and
Thulasi.
Maruthi
also
clarifies
that
it
is
not
a
political
drama.
"Venkatesh
plays
a
politician
who
falls
in
love
with
a
middle-class
woman.
It's
not
a
political
film,
it
is
a
romantic
story
with
some
political
sequences
to
do
justice
to
the
character
played
by
Venkatesh,"
he
said.