Mr. X is not Hollow Man clarifies Mahesh Bhatt

After the trailer of Emraan Hashmi's latest supernatural thriller, Mr. X, was released last week, social media has been buzzing over the similarities between the Vikram Bhatt directorial and the 2000 Hollywood thriller, Hollow Man.

However, Vikram Bhatt insists that his film is "not a copy of Hollow Man". Quashing the claims, Vikram Bhatt says, "Indian filmmakers are trying to create original, quality stuff so it's sad when someone tries to bring down your film based on a two minute teaser. Just because Krissh flies, does it make him Spiderman?"

The film's producer, Mahesh Bhatt, also added, "Mr. X is not Hollow Man or Mr India reinvented but grew from a nostalgic yearning to revisit the Mr. X franchisee. It had Ashok Kumar playing an invisible man, was produced by GP Sippy and directed by my father Nanabhai Bhatt in 1957."

He reasoned that just because their hero turns invisible, doesn't mean it's a rip-off. "The invisible man is not a new phenomenon," Bhatt said, adding that their vigilante narrative has a love story at the core and two different world views.

Mr. X is set to hit the screens on April 17.