Sunday, 15 February 2026

Letter to the Indian Express -The Trophy Wife and the Hindi film TBMAUJ - My Copyright Infringement Case

       The following points denote substantial, blatant Plagiarism and unauthorized/illegal use/Willful Copyright Infringement:

               Striking similarities between my novel/book and the movie:

      My Book - The Trophy Wife          The Hindi Movie – Teri Baaton Mein Aisa

                                                                                                    Uljha Jiya

1.The hero is a tech-savvy person and a computer engineer      The hero is a robotic engineer

who is fond of high-tech gadgets.                                           and a computer programmer.       

2.The heroine is a beautiful/intelligent humanoid robot.            Same here.

3.She is bought from a showroom                                           She is brought from a showroom           

4.The hero gets her from America (abroad)                                   The hero gets her from America

                                                                                                                  (abroad) 

5.The hero loves and intends to marry her (& does so)               The hero loves and intends to marry her    

6.The salesman makes a pass at her                                                A boy makes a pass at her 

7.The hero proposes to her with a red rose                                   The hero proposes to her with a red rose

8.She accepts his proposal.                                                                She accepts his proposal.

9.They make passionate love on the first night.               They make passionate love on the first night.      

10.The hero and robot speak through video-calling with his parents in India.           Same here.

11.The robot uses his credit card for shopping, using his details.     The robot transfers money

   using his

                                                                                                                       credit card’s details.   

12.Both come to India to meet family and friends who are impressed by the robot.  Same here. 

13.The robot wears a sari.                                                                  The robot wears an Indian dress.

14.The robot speaks all languages.                                                   The robot says that she speaks all

                                                                                                                  languages.

       15.The robot does all the house work quickly.                             The robot does all the house work.

16.The hero’s mother makes several dishes.  

The writers-directors misunderstood/tweaked it to show that the robot makes various dishes quickly.                                              

17.Some children point out that she is a ‘doll’.                              A relative points out that she is a

                                                                                                                ‘computer’.

18.The robot has a sharp memory.                                                   The robot has a sharp memory.    

19.The robot is programmed to accept and respond to commands.       Same here.

20.The robot becomes waspish (changes for the worse).            The robot malfunctions.

21.The robot is rejected by the hero and returns to the showroom.  Same here

22.The robot has to be upgraded as per the hero’s demand.  The robot is upgraded to a better   

        version.

23. The people/guests are awestruck by the robot’s beauty   The family members/guests are keep staring at her always and                                                      awestruck by her beauty and

even during her marriage.                                                              the hero’s mother keeps staring

                                                                                                                 at her during the engagement ceremony.

23. The robot does everything better than her husband.             Same here. The robot is shown to    

                                                                                           be lifting weights easily, which the hero can’t.

24. The robot doesn’t get tired at all.                                                Same here.

25. The robot dances with multiple partners dancing in a circle. Same here.

while her husband feels jealous and possessive.                   Same here, the hero stops her as he is

                                                                                              jealous and possessive and dances with her.

26. The robot stops listening to her husband,                          Same here, as she stops listening to the hero and does things as per her own will.        the hero and does things as per her own will.

27. The hero is hard to please and fastidious.                                  Same here.

28. He wants a perfect life partner.                                                   Same here.

29. He feels insecure/threatened by her and wants to get rid of her.   Same here.

30. He is fed up of her and wants a change.                                     Same here.

31. The hero falls out of love and becomes insensitive.                 Same here.

32. The robot shows her emotions at the end of the story.          Same here.      

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Dear readers,

Kindly comment in the "Comments" section below, regarding whether you all have also noticed these and other similarities, which you may kindly specify, to add to the above-mentioned list. 

Also sign my husband's petition at Change.org on the following link to enable me to get justice.

https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-self-published-independent-authors-against-plagiarism-of-their-books

    Justice for self-published, independent authors against plagiarism of their books

 Thanks in advance.

Priya

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My letter to the Indian Express newspaper:

Respected Editor,

I, the undersigned, am an award-winning author who has published 28 books and several kinds of writings in various reputed publications and websites. I have been publishing my original writings for 36 years, since 1989. My LinkedIn profile may be accessed at the following link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-swaminathan-77a50956/

My Facebook page: Priya's Vision Academy

My blog: https://uniquepriyasvision.blogspot.com

Kindly find below this letter, the text of the Cease and Desist Notice dated 1st February, 2025 sent by me to the Writer-director duo and 3 Production Houses who have made the Hindi feature film Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya after substantially plagiarising my Book - The Trophy Wife, first published as a paperback on 3rd June, 2019 and later as an e-book on 29th September, 2019 at Amazon's 13 market-places. 

I have also added another note regarding more similarities as noted by myself and also pointed out by my book's readers.

Plagiarism is the bane of any creative writer who publishes her work online.

Depriving her of the legal rights to her "Fruits of Labor" by denying her due credit and remuneration as well as royalty, amounts to utmost cruelty and injustice.

I have embarked on this legal journey to bring the perpetrators to book.

If you wish to support me in my quest for justice, and want more details; kindly get in touch immediately.

Here's hoping for an early response,

With warm regards, 

                                                              Yours sincerely,

                                              Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan

  

   

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