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Showing posts with label Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge Ajay Devgan Paresh Rawal Sunil Goel lawyer advocate Delhi India legal services film novelist controversy story Association producer complaint. Show all posts

Friday, May 7, 2010

Copyright infringement alleged in the recent movie 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'

As per a news report, a controversy has erupted now regarding the movie 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge' which was released in February/March 2010, starring Ajay Devgan, Konkana Sen Sharma and Paresh Rawal. Noted novelist and write Mr.Aabid Surti has alleged that the story of the said film has been lifted from his Gujarati novel 'Bauter Varas No Babo'. He has filed a complaint with The Film Writers Association (FWA), demanding Rs.1.15 crore as compensation.
On the other hand, the film's producer said that his film is inspired not from his novel but from another acclaimed writer Sharad Joshi's short story titled 'Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'.
Only time will tell who is right.