Plagiarism Claims on Bigil from a Short Film Director

This Diwali Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Bigil is aiming high at box office. The film is all set to release on October 25 in Telugu and Tamil languages. Atlee’s directorial venture is now facing sudden trouble from a Telugu Short Film Director Nandi Chinni Kumar. Copy claims have been raised on Bigil by Chinni Kumar, mentioning that this biggie is a copy of his
Slum Soccer script. Chinni Kumar has reported the same to Telangana Writers Association requesting an action in Bigil Team. Slum Soccer is based on life of footballer Akhilesh Paul who was accused in 45 cases. In his petition, Chinni also wrote that Bigil has striking similarities with his Slum Soccer. The Telangana Cinema Writers’ Association is reviewing Chinni petition.