Kiara Advani’s shot for Dabboo Ratnani’s calendar accused for plagiarism.

Photographer Dabboo Ratnani’s shot of actor Kiara Advani has been flagged online for possible plagiarism. Kiara, along with several other prominent actors, posed for the 25th edition of Ratnani’s annual calendar.

A photographer, sharing a side-by-side comparison of the two shots, wrote on Instagram, “I’ll just leave that here.” Like Kiara’s photograph, the original, posted in November 2019, also shows a model posing with strategically placed plants covering her naked body.

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Credits 1st shot :- @marieb.photography , post production : @dgtlcraft_postproduction 2nd COPY shot :- most famous Indian celebrity Photographer @dabbooratnani . . . #photographer #photography #meme #memes #jokes #joke #laugh #funnymemes #funny #instagram #tiktok #photographymemes #maibhisadakchap #nustaharamkhor #photokatamasha #shotzhala #nvedi #mumbai #indianphotography #india #coi #moodygrams #itz_mumbai #my_mumbai #_soi #_woi #wadacommunity #photographers_of_india #indiapictures #shwetamalhotra03

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Sharing the photo on Instagram, Kiara had written, “A leaf out of #DabbooRatnaniCalendar!” The original shot features model, Steph Taylor. 

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A post shared by KIARA (@kiaraaliaadvani) on Feb 18, 2020 at 5:30am PST

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A post shared by Marie Bärsch (@marieb.photography) on Feb 23, 2020 at 9:15am PST

Several people took to the comments section of the post to point out the similarities to Ratnani. “@dabbooratnani lol stealing others work ain’t make you a saint,” one person wrote. “Shameful,” wrote another. 

The 2020 edition of the calendar features other Bollywood stars such as Sunny Leone, Vidya Balan, Bhumi Pednekar, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Vicky Kaushal, Varun Dhawan, Ananya Panday, Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Parineeti Chopra, and Tiger Shroff.