Simran

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• The film was loosely adapted from the real-life story of Sandeep Kaur, an American woman of Indian origin. Kaur earned the sobriquet "Bombshell Bandit" for the series of bank robberies she committed in order to pay off debts she had run up following a gambling addiction.[1]
• The film's release was preceded by a controversy involving Kangana Ranaut and writer Apurva Asrani. The issue first surfaced with the release of the film's poster which gave Kangana additional writing credits before Apurva Asrani. The producers accepted that this was a printing error and promised to fix it in the next poster after Asrani expressed unhappiness over it on social media. The issue escalated with Kangana asserting her contribution to the film's script and dialogues. She claimed that the film had started off as a dark thriller and she had worked hard to make it more accessible. Asrani refuted her claims and said that the actress was stealing credit. Troubled by their public spat, director Hansal Mehta fired Asrani as the film's editor and brought in Antara Lahiri to replace him. At around the same time, a writer named Sameer Gautam accused Apurva Asrani of doing to him what he had accused Kangana Ranaut of - stealing his writing credit. Asrani was the editor of "Shahid" (2013), a film written by Gautam. According to Gautam, Asrani had threatened to stop editing the film and Hansal Mehta had no choice but to credit him as an additional writer.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

1. ^ Simran: The real incident that inspired this Kangana Ranaut film
2. ^ Kangana Ranaut, Apurva Asrani and what the row over Simran's writing credits tells us
3. ^ Apurva Asrani upset over 'additional story' credit to Kangana Ranaut in Simran
4. ^ Apurva Asrani suggested I take credit for dialogues in Simran: Kangana Ranaut
5. ^ Kangana Ranaut attacks Apurva Asrani for allegations over Simran credits
6. ^ EXCLUSIVE: Shahid writer slams Apurva Asrani, asks how can he shamelessly accept an award that wasn't his?
7. ^ Shahid (2013)