'Toilet...' makers asked to reply in copyright case
Jaipur
July 26, 2017
A local court here on Wednesday asked the makers of actor
Akshay Kumar's "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" to file a reply to the charge of
violation of the Copyright Act by July 31.
A copyright infringement case
was brought up by Jaipur-based filmmaker Pratik Sharma against Plan C Studios,
an alliance between Reliance Entertainment and Friday Filmworks helmed by Neeraj
Pandey and Shital Bhatia, and Viacom18 on July 7 in a Jaipur Metropolitan Court.
Sharma alleged that the makers have lifed the punchline and the subject from
his film "Gutrun Gutar Gun".
"Today, Jaipur Metropolitan Court has asked
to file a reply or enter into arguments in the case of copyright violation by 11
a.m. July 31," G.D. Bansal, advocate of Sharma, told IANS here.
The
court had earlier issued a notice returnable on July 22. But as a strike by the
clerical staff was going on, the court gave the respondents July 26 as a new
date for filing their reply.
"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha", directed by Shree
Narayan Singh, deals with the need of sanitisation in India and is based on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign. It features Bhumi
Pednekar with Akshay Kumar.
Jaipur
July 26, 2017
A local court here on Wednesday asked the makers of actor
Akshay Kumar's "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" to file a reply to the charge of
violation of the Copyright Act by July 31.
A copyright infringement case
was brought up by Jaipur-based filmmaker Pratik Sharma against Plan C Studios,
an alliance between Reliance Entertainment and Friday Filmworks helmed by Neeraj
Pandey and Shital Bhatia, and Viacom18 on July 7 in a Jaipur Metropolitan Court.
Sharma alleged that the makers have lifed the punchline and the subject from
his film "Gutrun Gutar Gun".
"Today, Jaipur Metropolitan Court has asked
to file a reply or enter into arguments in the case of copyright violation by 11
a.m. July 31," G.D. Bansal, advocate of Sharma, told IANS here.
The
court had earlier issued a notice returnable on July 22. But as a strike by the
clerical staff was going on, the court gave the respondents July 26 as a new
date for filing their reply.
"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha", directed by Shree
Narayan Singh, deals with the need of sanitisation in India and is based on
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat campaign. It features Bhumi
Pednekar with Akshay Kumar.
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