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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

<keyword id="566945" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zindagi">Zindagi</keyword>, the channel launched by Zee group to air serials from around the world, has been gaining immense popularity from the Indian audience, maybe because the simple and straight to the point way of telling the stories in these Pakistani serials is a welcome change from the otherwise suffocating, never-ending Indian shows. 
 
However, one thing that differentiates Indian serials from Pakistani ones is the standard of measuring their success. While Indian audience is used to years and years of these unending sagas, with innumerable leaps and thousands of episodes, our Pakistani friends are shown just a fraction against that standard. 
 
<keyword id="2343597" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Zindagi-Gulzar-Hai">Zindagi Gulzar Hai</keyword> and <keyword id="2343596" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aunn-Zara">Aunn Zara</keyword>, two of Pakistan’s highest rated serials were the first ones to be selected for being aired for the Indian audience on Zindagi. While in Pakistan, these serials enjoyed a weekly run and therefore ran for a successful 5-6 months; however, they have been aired everyday in India. 
 
This means that they are about to end soon. 
 
Aunn Zara has already completed its run and would air the last episode tonight while Zindagi Gulzar Hai would end in another 10 days. 
 
The question that is irking Indian viewers, who are already sad that these shows are ending given the bad habits of having serials running for years, is about the new shows that would be airing after these favourites. 
 
While <keyword id="2415131" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Noorpur-Ki-Rani">Noorpur Ki Rani</keyword> is all set to replace Aunn Zara at the 8:55 pm slot, Maat would most probably be the show that will take the prime slot of 8 pm. 
 
The trailers of these shows are already doing the rounds in-between the serials on Zindagi. 
 
Noorpur Ki Rani was originally aired from April to October 2009. It was penned by Samira Fazal and was directed by Haissam Hussain. Based on the English novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, this serial stars Mahnoor Baloch and Noman Ijaz in lead roles. 
 
Maat, on the other hand, ran from September 2011 to February 2012. It has been written by reputed author and screenwriter <keyword id="2415128" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Umera-Ahmed">Umera Ahmed</keyword>, who is also the writer of Zindagi Gulzar Hai. The famous show was directed by Amna Nawaz Khan. 
 
However, as these serials have around 25 episodes, this means we would soon be doing a similar story for upcoming serials. 
 
As far as other two shows are concerned, Kash Mein Teri Beti Na Hoti has more than 200 episodes left, and Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain too has many episodes, as it is still being aired in Pakistan after starting in March 2011. 
 <keyword id="195341" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shailja-Kejriwal">Shailja Kejriwal</keyword>, the chief creative head of Zindagi and also the person responsible for selecting the shows, tells us about her criterion of selection. 
 
Ever since the idea was conceived, I wanted Zindagi to be a channel that offered something to everyone. While you saw the storylines of ‘Mature Love’ and ‘Opposites Attract’ in Zindagi Gulzar Hai and Aunn Zara, the new shows are going to give you a detailed view in the life of normal people, like you and me, who have certain dreams, viewpoints and inhibitions in life. I hope that the audience appreciates Noorpur Ki Rani and Maat as much as it appreciated Aunn Zara and Zindagi Gulzar Hai. 
 
 
Image courtesy: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZeeZindagiTV">Official Facebook page</a>

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