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Netflix sued: Squid Game accused of copying Bollywood film, Luck

An Indian filmmaker, Soham Shah, is suing Netflix because he claims Squid Game (2021) is a knock-off of his 2009 Hindi-language movie, Luck.

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 17, 2024
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An Indian filmmaker, Soham Shah, is suing Netflix because he claims Squid Game (2021) is a knock-off of his 2009 Hindi-language movie, Luck.

From The Independent:

Shah's film Luck follows a group of people "endowed with 'luck' who are recruited by an "underworld kingpin" to participate in a "series of challenges designed to test their 'Luck' factor, as ga…

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