Viral Post: Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan's Laapataa Ladies COPIED the idea from the Spanish film Burqa City –

Laaapataa Ladies copies from Spanish Film:

Laapataa Ladies, produced by Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan, was released in March 2024 and emerged as an unsuccessful grosser (Below Average) at the box office. The film was previously claimed to have been copied from "Ghungat Ke Pat Khol" by Ananth Mahadevan. Now, a year later, there is another claim that seems valid as well.

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Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies and Burqa City similarities:

A viral post on Twitter/X claims that Laapataa Ladies copied the idea from the Spanish film Burqa City (2019) and removed the Burqa/Muslim women context from it. Although the post comes from the ongoing fan war related to the heated controversies between Kiran Rao and Sandeep Reddy Vanga, there is some validity to it as we delve deeper.

Kiran Rao PR was doing negativity against Sandeep Reddy Vanga when Indian jury sent Laapata Ladies for an Oscar, now people realize that she just copied some middle east film

She just changed Muslim with Hindu & copy pasted whole film pic.twitter.com/COidOzgMOI

— Hail Hydra (@Lordofbattles8) March 31, 2025

"Kiran Rao's PR was spreading negativity against Sandeep Reddy Vanga when the Indian jury sent Laapataa Ladies for an Oscar; now people realize that she just copied some Middle Eastern film. She merely replaced Muslim with Hindu and copy-pasted the whole film," read the post.

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Upon checking online, the story of Burqa City appears to be very similar to what Rao's Laapataa Ladies portrays. A man marries a woman, but due to the Burqa system in the country, he brings the wrong woman home. After the face reveal, he realizes that the woman is not his wife and then approaches the cops to find his lost wife, showing them a picture of her. However, the picture has his wife's face covered with a Burqa, turning the film into a social satire on Burqa issues.

Similarly, in Rao's Laapataa Ladies, a man marries a woman, and on their honeymoon night, he realizes that his wife is lost. He goes to the police station with a picture of his wife, in which her face is covered with a veil. The film then develops into a social commentary addressing women's rights, freedom, feminism, and the power of true love. The post appears to make a compelling case here and there should be a discussion about it. What are your thoughts on it? Let us know in the comments.

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