A for Appeal , B for Bollywood , C for Copyright…..Just a day before the date of worldwide theatrical release Justice Vinod Sharma refused to grant the plaintiff ( producers of Tamil Movie ” Naan Avan Iiiai” ) an ex-parte injunction.
Law suit was filed by producers of Tamil Movie alleging that ” Ladies Vs. Ricky Bahl” is infringing the movie. Intresting facts are that the Tamil Movie was itself a remake of movie with same name released in 2007. Also in 1962, same movie was made in Marathi named ” To mee Nauhech“. This was inspired by real life story of a man Madhav who was prosecuted for fooling ladies to marry him.
Such copyright infringement cases have become rampant in bollywood. Story Infringement , Titlte Copy, Songs Copy etc we have got all types of copyright infringement possible in year 2011. It seems fromm the information collected below that almost every month we are having some copyright case.
| Date | Bollywood Flicks | Petition filed by | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2011 | Ladies Vs. Ricky Bahl | Producers of Tamil Movie “Naan Avan Iiiai“ | Storyline is copied |
| November 2011 | Desi Boyz | Shyam Devkatte | Registration of Title of Movie |
| October 2011 | Ra.One | Yash Patnik | Concept of Superhero ” One” is copied |
| September 2011 | Speedy Singhs | John doe Order | |
| August 2011 | Jail | Surrendra Tanwai ( Scipt Writer) | Story Taken from ” Gunahon kadevta “ |
| August 2011 | Singham | John doe Order | |
| August 2011 | Bodyguard | John doe Order | |
| July 2011 | Atithi Tum KabJaoge | Aabid Surti ( Painter Author ) | Story Taken from Gujarati Novel |
| April 2011 | Thank You | Keroze Khan Films | Song copyright infringement on Jaanbazz Song |
