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Fans have been eagerly awaiting a look of Kareena Kapoor‘s upcoming Heroine, so when Madhur Bandharkar announced that it would be unveiled soon, everyone kept an eye out for it. But now it seems that the poster isn’t an original, but is rather a copy – not of one picture, but rather of two. Check out the two pictures below and let us know if you think Heroine was inspired:
Kareena Kapoor's much-awaited Heroine poster isn't an original. After taking a look at Bebo's pose, we realised it's a copy of one of Mariah Carey's promotional photos for her The Emancipation of Mimi album.
Mariah was shot by world famous celeb photographer David LaChapelle who's photographed everyone from Britney Spears, Hillary Clinton to David Beckham and Muhammad Ali while Kareena's poster is designed by an Indian design company. Now, inspiration is a form of flattery, but the designers of the posters have gone as far as to retain the exact pose and the backdrop of a bed like Carey's photo. The only difference being that while the diva is smiling in the camera, Bebo's expression is quite dramatic, given the tone of the film. However, this isn't the first time the film's poster looks like an imitation. The initial poster with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan unveiled at Cannes was identical to a foreign film titled Cover Story in concept. Both the posters resemble film magazine covers with the titles 'explosive' used in the headline.
Mariah was shot by world famous celeb photographer David LaChapelle who's photographed everyone from Britney Spears, Hillary Clinton to David Beckham and Muhammad Ali while Kareena's poster is designed by an Indian design company. Now, inspiration is a form of flattery, but the designers of the posters have gone as far as to retain the exact pose and the backdrop of a bed like Carey's photo. The only difference being that while the diva is smiling in the camera, Bebo's expression is quite dramatic, given the tone of the film. However, this isn't the first time the film's poster looks like an imitation. The initial poster with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan unveiled at Cannes was identical to a foreign film titled Cover Story in concept. Both the posters resemble film magazine covers with the titles 'explosive' used in the headline.
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Personally, I think it’s a pretty typical pose so I don’t know if I’d go out and call it a copy. In fact, I quite like the poster and the little elements carefully thrown in – like Kareena’s smoldering look, the words “Bollywood’s reigning queen”, the Bombay Times newspaper crumpled under her arm, the magazine cover featuring her face, and of course the empty wine glass. All these elements set the mood of the kind of film to come, so the last thing I’m really looking at is the pose.
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