Salman Khan’s film Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the subject of a Rs. 50 crore copyright infringement suit filed before the Bombay High Court. The complainant, Mahim Joshi, is a writer, director, and television producer.<\/p>\n
Joshi registered his story with the Indian Film and Television Producers Council and the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers in July of 2007. He subsequently approached Suresh Oberoi and Vivek Oberoi’s production house Yashi Multi Media (YMM) for a film deal, and the parties entered into a five-year exclusive contract. During the currency of the YMM contract, Joshi assembled a team to conduct location surveys for the film. However, the contract period expired without a film being produced.<\/p>\n
Following the lapse of the YMM contract, Joshi approached various other production houses, including Viacom 18. Parveez Shaikh, a Viacom employee, has been co-credited for the screenplay of Bajrangi Bhaijaan.<\/p>\n
Joshi contends that the story of Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a direct and blatant copy of his registered work, with similarities extending to the screenplay and to locations he had identified during the YMM contract period. He maintains that the infringement has materially affected his prospects of a successful launch in the film industry. Video footage of the locations identified during the YMM period was submitted before the court, and the court noted that those locations bear certain resemblances to locations depicted in the film.<\/p>\n
The Bombay High Court examined a detailed comparison of scenes and shots from the two works and observed that certain similarities existed. The court declined to grant an interim injunction staying the television premiere of the film, which was scheduled for 10th<\/sup> October (11th<\/sup> October according to some sources). Justice Gautam Patel has directed all parties affiliated with the film \u2014 including producers Rockline Venkatesh, Rajessh Bhatt, and Salman Khan, writer KV Vijayendra Prasad, and director Kabir Khan \u2014 to maintain accounts of business. All respondents have been asked to submit their replies by the 21st<\/sup> of October, 2015. The next hearing is scheduled for 28th<\/sup> October, 2015.<\/p>\n This article is for general information and does not constitute legal advice. Readers should consult a qualified attorney before acting on any matter discussed here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bajrangi Bhaijaan is facing a major copyright infringement suit in the Bombay High Court over alleged similarities with Mahim Joshi\u2019s registered work. The legal proceedings emphasise significant concerns regarding copyright protection in Indian cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":20,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[7546,7547,312,31,7549,7253,7548],"class_list":["post-30357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copyrights","category-intellectual-property","tag-bajrangi-bhaijaan","tag-bollywood-law","tag-bombay-high-court","tag-copyright-infringement","tag-indian-film-industry","tag-legal-disputes","tag-salman-khan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149920,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30357\/revisions\/149920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Disclaimer<\/h2>\n