Overview

• Director Umesh Shukla dismissed rumours that PK producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered him ₹8 crore to halt OMG: Oh My God! in a Friday Talkies interview.
• Shukla stressed that Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi and Aamir Khan are too respected to engage in petty payoffs.
• He highlighted that his original stage play on religion and faith predated the film adaptation and was viewed by the PK creative team.
• The PK screenplay was originally conceived in the late 2000s and later revamped after concerns over parallels with Christopher Nolan’s Inception.
• Both Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani have previously called the bribery and plagiarism allegations baseless and fabricated.