Kangana Ranaut's latest movie Judgementall Hai Kya is receiving wide applauds from all corners. But it came as a shocker when Flora Borsi, a freelance artist, based out of Hungary, accused the makers of plagiarising her artwork and using it as the poster of their movie.

However, this is not the first time that a movie poster has outrightly been copied. Our industry is booming and undoubtedly we owe a lot of inspiration from the West.

For filmmmakers, getting 'inspired' is unavoidable and it is quite evident in many films in Bollywood, Tamil or even Malayalam. Today, Onmanorama list out a few movies along with the posters that has uncanny resemblence to another, a likely original. We don't want to argue the case by writing but take a look at the visial proofs we have:

June (2019) likely from To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)

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Chapters (2012) likely from Closer (2004)

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Kabali (2016) likely from Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles (2012) Madaari (2016)

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One just one, but we found out two posters. For the unknown, TikTik is a Filipino action horror comedy.

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Baahubali (2015) most likely from Simon Birch (1998)

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Thuppakki (2012) poster resembles that of An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

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PK (2014)

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Aamir’s poster looks like a rip-off of a poster released in 1973 by a Portuguese musician named Quim Barreiros.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) poster seems to be a copy from Lords of Dogtown (2005)

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Zero (2018) from Up For Love (2016)

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Up For Love is a French-Belgium movie titled 'Un homme à la hauteur'.

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Rowdy Rathore (2012) too has an apparent link to The Replacement Killers(1998)

Hulchul (2004) may be from (2002)

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Mausam (2011) from Titanic (1997)

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Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) most probably based on Dracula (1958)

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Well, it's not just about the new-gen makers.

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Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) from Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

The Bonus : Kumbalangi Nights (2019) 

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The poster is reminiscent of the legendary music group The Beatles' iconic cover for their album 'Abbey Road'.

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Posters are just a small area if we take the list of movie aspects copied. Well, that would be yet another story.

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