The Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer Bala faces fresh legal hassle over plagiarism charges, with a budding director named Kamal Kant Chandra claiming that the film's script has been stolen from his biopic. Chandra has demanded a permanent stay on the release of Bala because it is his life story.

"I want that there should be a permanent stay on the film Bala and that I get to make the film. It is basically my biopic. It's my life story," said Chandra, whose upcoming film Marksheet features Mahesh Bhatt. Ever since its release date was announced, Bala has courted one controversy after the other. First, there was a clash with Ujda Chaman, which was averted. Then, a Jaipur Court issued a summon against the film's producers, after a man named Naman Goyal alleged that Bala was plagiarised from his short film.