`Aashiqui 2` not inspired by `Abhimaan`: Mahesh Bhatt

Kolkata: ‘Aashiqui 2’ has neither been inspired nor does it much resemble ‘Abhimaan’, the 1973 classic starring Amitabh Bachchan, says the film`s producer Mahesh Bhatt. "What was unique about `Abhimaan` was a talented successful male artist discovering a simple but talented village girl and then falling in love with her, the resemblance to `Aashiqui 2` ends there," Bhatt said at the media meet of ‘Aashiqui 2’. He was accompanied by the lead pair Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor. ‘Aashiqui 2’ being a love story of the 21st century deals with pain and loneliness as well as other issues that audiences in the 1990s or before wouldn`t have connected with, he said. "When societies evolve, stories evolve, characters evolve. India is now drastically different from the time `Abhimaan` was made. Apart from the earlier similarity I have mentioned, there is no similarity between the two movies," he added. "The film has a lot of heart. It has a world view that the new age audiences would connect to," said the 64-year-old. IANS