Bollywood's perfectionist Aamir Khan's first look in his upcoming film "P.K." has landed himself into controversies. Soon after releasing the first poster online, fans took to social networking sites to reveal that the poster is actually inspired from Portuguese singer Quim Barreiros's album "Recebi Um Convite."
The first look of Rajkumar Hirani's upcoming directorial film, featuring Aamir was released on 31 July, in which the actor posed naked for the first time.
In the poster, Aamir is seen standing on a railway track just holding a transistor covering his front. The poster went viral on Twitter and Facebook with people making fun of Aamir's naked pose. Read the report here.
Later, an advocate from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, filed a case against Aamir, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and promoters of the film for releasing this first look poster.
And the latest controversy surrounding the poster is that it has been copied or inspired from Barreiros's poster, which was released in 1973.
In the music album cover photo, Barreiros is seen standing naked holding an accordion covering his front, while in "P.K." poster Aamir is holding a transistor.
Check out the two posters here:
Perfect copy from the Perfectionist.other guy is portuguese musician Quim Barreiros (1973) #PK #PKPoster #amiright pic.twitter.com/7JTJ8Meac5
— kams (@brainyKam) August 5, 2014
This is not the first time Aamir's film posters became a subject of controversies. The poster of his last release "Dhoom 3," which became the biggest blockbuster hit of 2013, was also said to be inspired from the Hollywood film "The Dark Knight."
His "Talaash" poster was also said to be inspired by "Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol," but later his spokesperson denied by saying that it's a fake poster.
Not only Aamir, but some of the posters of Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan's films were also inspired or copied from Hollywood films.
Shah Rukh's "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Ra.One" posters were copied from "Special Forces" and "Batman Begins" respectively.
Salman's "Ek Tha Tiger" first look was copied from "Prince of Persia," while Kareena's "Herione" movie poster was the exact replica of Mariah Carey's album photos "The emancipation of Mimi."
