A still from 'Dear Zindagi'

In the last few days, reports of Gauri Shinde's second directorial venture 'Dear Zindagi' being a 'replica' of Canadian television series 'Being Erica' have surfaced. Parallels were drawn between Alia Bhatt's Kiara and Erica (played by Erin Karpluck), and her dimaag ka doctor played by Shah Rukh Khan is said to have been inspired by Dr Tom (played by Michael Ray). Even the dialogues like 'har tooti hui cheez jodi ja sakti hai' have been likened to Dr Tom's 'whatever it is that you are unhappy about, I can fix it'.