Mumbai, Aug 2 - Co-producers, business partners and fast friends Akshay Kumar and Vipul Shah discovered to their horror that a new Bengali blockbuster 'Poran Jay Joliya Re' (PJJR) has blatantly lifted the plot, scenes, even frames and costumes from 'Namaste London', without a by-your-leave from the producers.

Shah said: 'I had no clue about this Bengali film until I read an interview with the film's producers blatantly admitting to the fact that there were similarities between their Bengali film and our 'Namaste London'. I took into confidence a large number of friends and advisers in Kolkata who saw the film repeatedly and made a report on the similarities. The copied scenes ran into 5-6 pages in the report!'

Now Shah flies to Kolkata on Sunday to initiate legal action.

'Our legal advisers in Kolkata are confident that we've ample evidence of the Bengali film being copied from 'Namaste London'. Even the Bengali hero (Dev) makes his entry wearing a kurta and kadha. You tell me why a film set in Bengal has its hero in a Punjabi get-up like 'Namaste London'.'

The film is strewn with what Shah sees as blatant examples of plagiarism, enough to initiate legal action against the Bengali producers Sri Venkatesh Films early this week.

Shah said: 'We don't want monetary compensation. The Bengali film is a big blockbuster. It has made huge amounts of money. A compensation of 5-10 lakhs means nothing to them.