Director of the movie Chhapaak Meghna Gulzar has recently filed an
affidavit against writer Rakesh Bharti in response to copyright violation
charges. In her response filed before Bombay High Court (HC), she said that
copyright couldn’t be claimed on true events and sought dismissal of the
lawsuit seeking a stay on Chhapaak’s release scheduled to be held on January
10, 2020.
Writer RakeshBharti had filed a Copyright
Infringement lawsuit against director Meghna Gulzar and
actress Deepika Padukone in association with their upcoming film Chhapaak in which
the actress plays the role of an acid attack survivor. Based on the story of
the life of an acid attack survivor named LaxmiAgarwal, the said film revolves
around Malti and her struggle not just to find justice but also for
self-acceptance, courage, and love for life after a 32-year-old man poured acid
on her face for rejecting his proposal when she was just 15.
Rakesh claimed that he, along with his son, had acquired rights to
bring the real-life story of an acid attack survivor on the celluloid and that
they had registered their film with the name Black Day in 2015. He added that
they had shared a copy of their script with executives at Ka productions, Mriga
Films, and Fox Star Studio, but found that the makers were already planning for
the film separately. He also alleged that they finally wrote to the director in
the year 2017, but she didn’t reply. It’s the said copyright violation
allegation in response to which the director has filed an affidavit against the
writer at the Bombay High Court.
The affidavit filed by the director through NaikNaik and Company
stated that the lawsuit filed by RakeshBharti is ‘wholly misconceived,
frivolous, legally untenable, and unmeritorious.’ In detail, it stated that:
·
The writer has failed to place any detail on record,
which can explain that the suit film is infringing upon or imitation of the
suit work.
·
The details of pre-production and post-production
activities related to the film are in the public domain since February 2017,
and the suit film has been publicized widely through digital platforms and
print media. Hence, it is inconceivable that the petitioner (writer) was
unaware of the fact that the defendant (director) was planning or planned to
produce the suit film.
Furthermore, Gulzar, in her affidavit, asserted that Copyright
Protection could not be extended to facts available in the
public domain and events, which have factually transpired. The affidavit also
pointed out that the suit didn’t specify how the story of the writer’s film and
Chhapaak movie was the same.
Meanwhile, the movie Chhapaak slated to release on January 10 is
just a few days away from hitting the screens, the result of the hearing
associated with matter is yet to come. For more visit: https://www.kashishipr.com/
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