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The hit Pakistani drama <keyword id="2536535" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mera-Naseeb">Mera Naseeb</keyword>, which has been gaining popularity among masses since its beginning a week back, has been dragged in a plagiarism controversy by an Indian author. 
 
Chitra B. Divakaruni, who has written several hit novels like Mistress of Spices and Palace of Illusions announced it to the world that the plot of this popular TV show has been taken from her novel called Sister Of My Heart. 
 
Mera Naseeb, starring <keyword id="2358879" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sanam-Saeed">Sanam Saeed</keyword> and <keyword id="2539023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Syra-Yousuf">Syra Yousuf</keyword>, was first aired on the Pakistani channel Hum TV in 2011, and is inspired by a novel (with the same name) written by <keyword id="2536534" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Samira-Fazal">Samira Fazal</keyword>, a popular Pakistani author and screenwriter. Apparently, Fazal has also won a Lux Style Award for writing the story of the serial. Lux Style Awards are very popular in Pakistan and are often referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of Pakistan. 
Divakaruni had written Sister Of My Heart in 1999, and the book has been very popular in India and abroad in these 15 years. It was also followed by a sequel, called Vine of Desire. 
 
When we digged deeper in both the stories in question, we found that the accusations are not baseless and the story of Mera Naseeb actually looks quite inspired by Sister Of My Heart. Both the stories deal with two cousins born on the same day, raised by their mothers and an aunt, and their lives and turbulences after their marriages. 
 
Chitra tweeted: Shame on @ZeeZindagiTV for playing Mera Naseeb Story of my novel Sister of My Heart stolen without my permission. Pls RT. 
 Another twist came in this controversy when an Indian Television producer <keyword id="88831" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manish-Goswami">Manish Goswami</keyword>, known for producing serials like Kitty Party, Sarrkkar and Aashirwad, sent a letter to the channel <keyword id="566945" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zindagi">Zindagi</keyword>, asking them to stop airing the show. 
 
Manish Goswami owns the rights of the novel and had been planning to make a show based on it, but is agitated that the Indian audience has already seen the story in form of Mera Naseeb. 
 
Goswami and Divakaruni are planning to take a legal action against the writer and the makers of the show, and are demanding that the show be taken off air immediately. However, some reports also suggest that before the show's original run in Pakistan, Fazal had mentioned that the drama was an adaptation of a story provided and that she had no idea that the show was plagiarised. 
 
What remains to be seen is how Samira Fazal and Hum TV officials respond to the controversy, and whether or not Zindagi officials take the show off air. 
 
Images courtesy: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitra_Banerjee_Divakaruni">Wikipedia</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZeeZindagiTV">Zindagi</a>

Indian Author Accuses Pakistani Serial Of Plagiarism

Ever since its release, <keyword id="566945" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zindagi">Zindagi</keyword> channel has received love of one and all. Right from the oh-so-romantic <keyword id="2343597" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zindagi-Gulzar-Hai">Zindagi Gulzar hai</keyword> to the oh-so-funny <keyword id="2555743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Yeh-Shaadi-Nahin-Ho-Sakti">Yeh Shaadi Nahin Ho Sakti</keyword>, Indian audiences are appreciating each and every show on the channel. 
 
Pakistani shows generally last for 6-7 months on Pakistan TV as they telecast them weekly, but because Zindagi runs them as daily soaps, they get over within a month—leaving the audience wanting for more. 
 
Here are three other shows that will be aired next on Zindagi. 
 
1. <keyword id="2555745" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Tere-Ishq-Mein">Tere Ishq Mein</keyword> 
A story of a positive emotion like love and a negative one like greed, Tere Ishq Mein is an unforgettable tale of the heavy price that one ends up paying when they love someone selflessly. It aired in Pakistan in 2007 as Man-O-Salwa, and is based on a popular novel of the same name. The author of the novel is Umera Ahmed, who also penned down Zindagi Gulzar Hai. This novel was later made into a hit show of the same name, starring Fawad Afzal Khan and <keyword id="2358879" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sanam-Saeed">Sanam Saeed</keyword>, and was the first serial that Zindagi telecasted. The serial begins tonight at 10:15 PM, making Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain into a weekly show (will get telecast on Sundays only). 
 
2. <keyword id="6399786" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Humsafar">Humsafar</keyword> 
Now this is something that Fawad Afzal Khan’s have been waiting for long, especially after his character of Zaroon Junaid in Zindagi Gulazar Hai took the whole country, and especially girls, by storm. One of the highest-rated dramas of Pakistan, the show revolves around two people who fall in love after marriage. Starring Fawad and <keyword id="701143" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mahira-Khan">Mahira Khan</keyword>, the hit show was telecast in Pakistan from September 2011 to March 2012, and is based on a novel by the same name, written by Farhat Ishtiaq. The serial would begin from tomorrow 8 PM and would replace Mera Naseeb, which stars Sanam Saeed and <keyword id="2539023" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Syra-Yousuf">Syra Yousuf</keyword>. 
 
3. <keyword id="2555746" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dhoop-Chhaon">Dhoop Chhaon</keyword> Bringing back <keyword id="2555742" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sanam-Baloch">Sanam Baloch</keyword> to Indian television, this serial was telecast in Pakistan as Durr-e-Shehwar from March to June 2012. It follows the journey of Durr-e-Shehwar, a young lady who comes over enough turbulence only to find her daughter standing on similar crossroads later in life. The show stars Sanam Baloch as the young Durr-e-Shehwar and <keyword id="1866540" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Samina-Peerzada">Samina Peerzada</keyword>, last seen in Mera Naseeb, as the elder Durr-e-Shehwar. The show’s name has most probably been changed to suit the Indian audience. The date of telecast has not been decided yet, and the show would most likely replace Yeh Shaadi Nahin Ho Sakti once the family comedy series ends in the coming few days. 
 
Image Courtesy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZeeZindagiTV">Zindagi </a>and <a href="http://talksoap.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/dur-e-shahwar-epitome-of-patience-and-perseverance/">Talksoap</a>.

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