"Today, I've become a fantasy for my childhood friends" – Sherlyn Chopra 
By IndiaFM News Bureau, January 3, 2007 - 06:22 IST
Originality has seldom been Bollywood's forte. So it doesn't come as a surprise to learn that the concept of Vinod 'Sins' Pande's
forthcoming film 'Red Swastik', starring Sherlyn (Mona) Chopra in the lead, bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Hollywood's
most controversial and initially banned movie 'I Spit On Your Grave'.
The storylines are simple – A girl is brutally raped by a group of boys. She manages to survive. What follows are acts of revenge.
She cleanses with blood!
Not only the storylines, but even the poster designs are identical – with the barely clad girl steadfastly holding a knife to kill. Its time
Bollywood starts being original.
When lead actress Sherlyn Chopra was asked, she replied, "In today's times, even originality is undetected plagiarism. Most films
are a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve our films."
| In today's times, even originality is undetected
plagiarism. |
As for the plagiarism charge, she said, "My role in 'Red Swastik' is not only on the lines of 'I Spit On Your Grave', but also derives
inspiration from Oscar-winning Charlize Theron's character of a murderer highway prostitute in the critically acclaimed
'Monster'. Copy from one, its plagiarism; copy from two, its research."
| Copy from one – its plagiarism; copy from two – its
research. |
Chopra features on the seductress category today but few know that actress Sherlyn Chopra was not as good-looking as this
earlier. "I was an ugly duckling as a teenager," she admits. "At fifteen, I'd wear thick reading-glasses and spend all my time
immersed in books. Most of my friends found me 'boring'. Glamour was nowhere on my mind. I was almost like a Jassi".
That was till one day she made up her mind to win the Miss Andhra crown (Sherlyn hails from Hyderabad). When asked, how it feels
to have had such a huge metamorphosis, the damsel says, "Today, I've become a fantasy for my childhood friends. It feels surreal!"
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