TV star Gaurav Khanna, known for having played Anuj Kapadia in Anupamaa, recently took home the trophy for the first season of Celebrity MasterChef. But, he found himself caught in a controversy during the show. He was accused of replicating a dessert originally made by Swiss chef Dives Josh. In a podcast with Siddharth Kannan, Gaurav spoke about the issue and said that it’s all about how one makes the dish one’s own.

He said, “Main research karta tha aur mujhe jo cheez kahin acchi lagi ya kuch… jaise aap dekhein koi movie hai, for example maine ek interview suna tha jahaan pe log bolte the ki Shah Rukh Khan jo hain wo Dilip Kumar ki copy karte hain, bahot pehle suna tha Bachchan sahab[Amitabh Bachchan] bhi karte hain emulate. Phir maine suna tha ki Raj Kapoor sahab Charlie Chaplin ko emulate karte the ya like karte honge. Toh kya ye karne se Raj Kapoor, Dilip sahab, Bachchan sahab aur Shah Rukh Khan ki value kam hai kya? So again, logon ka kaam hai kehna (I used to do research, and whenever I found something I liked or something interesting… like if you see a movie, for example, I had once heard an interview where people said Shah Rukh Khan copies Dilip Kumar, or I had heard long ago that Bachchan Sahab [Amitabh Bachchan] also emulates [others]. Then I also heard that Raj Kapoor Sahab used to emulate Charlie Chaplin. So, does doing this reduce the value of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Sahab, Bachchan Sahab, or Shah Rukh Khan? Again, it’s the job of people to say these things)."