Mumbai (TDI): A 2009 Indian film Luck is the subject of a lawsuit against Netflix, which is defending the popular series Squid Game.
The creator of Luck, Soham Shah, has accused Squid Game writer Hwang Dong-hyuk and the streaming behemoth of copying the storyline of his Hindi film.
Shah claims in the lawsuit that both projects have a group of hopeless, indebted people playing lethal games in hopes of winning big sums of money, with affluent viewers staking on the results.
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Luck was released worldwide in 2009, according to Shah, who devised the plot in 2006. He also claims that because his movie had a lot of publicity and marketing, Netflix was able to acquire it.
The complaint calls into question the originality of the Netflix series by pointing out that Hwang Dong-hyuk claims to have written Squid Game the same year Luck was launched.
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The lawsuit also demonstrates how Squid Game helped Netflix’s market value climb significantly—it is said to have increased by nearly $900 million.
In addition to requesting payment, Shah wants to stop Netflix from violating his copyright in the future.
Netflix hasn’t answered the case as of yet.
