Asim Abbasi’s ‘Churails’, first-ever Pakistani web-series, has been accused of copying artwork of French artist named Malika Favre.
A Twitter user named Amna Tariq noticed that the artwork in ‘Churails’ was similar to illustration by French illustrator Favre.
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“Half a minute into the web series Churails and I spot some blatant plagiarism in the opening credits. Malika Favre’s powerful illustration has been quite conveniently ripped off,” she wrote.
Half a minute into the web series #churails and I spot some blatant plagiarism in the opening credits. @malikafavre’s powerful illustration has been quite conveniently ripped off. @nytopinion @nytimes @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/SNtF22eCGd
— Amna Tariq (@amna_tq) August 20, 2020
Responding to the claim, Favre said she will look into this if her content was copied in the web-series.
Oh god…. that IS bad! Thanks for sharing. Will look into it.
— malika favre (@malikafavre) August 21, 2020
It must be noted here that the opening sequence of ‘Churails’ was designed by Rokhan Studio. ‘Churails’ featuring Nimra Bucha, Yasra Rizvi, Sarwat Gilani, and Mehar Bano is first-ever bold original Pakistani content that had released on Zee5 digital platform.
