It's no secret that Indian filmmakers aren't the most original when it comes to their movie posters.
So when Ram Gopal Varma released the poster for his new project, Nuclear, it seemed like someone had finally put some effort into designing one.
Nuclear to be shot in America,China,Russia,Yemen nd india with American,Chinese,Russian nd Indian actors #RGVNUCLEAR
Of course, as Twitter user @joogasama soon pointed out, we were giving Varma too much credit as usual.
RGV's new movie poster (uploaded today) vs a PS3 ad (2007) 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 @RGVzoomin
Yep. Turns out that the designers had just copy-pasted their nuclear explosion from a 2007 PlayStation 3 ad, made by French ad agency TWBA Paris.
This isn't even the first time Sony's ad has been plagiarised without credit in India. User @xyzyogeshmjain pointed to a 10th standard textbook from Tamil Nadu that used the image too.
@joogasama @HoeZaay @RGVzoomin that's from Tamil nadu stateboard 10std history text book.were they trying to make h… https://t.co/bJGTKDhPm2
If you're wondering, Varma claims to be spending ₹340 crore making this film...
My 1st international film to be made at a cost of 340 cr is NUCLEAR..For details https://t.co/x5K9CqSFMN #RGVNUCLEAR
Money well spent already, Ramu.
