Rajasthan filmmaker sends notice to Akshay’s film
‘Toilet- Ek Prem Katha’, an upcoming movie starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar which is scheduled to be released on August 11, was slapped with a legal notice by a local filmmaker for violation of Copyright Act saying its song ‘Hans Mat Pagli’ was a copy of the song from his Rajasthan regional movie released recently.
The same complaint was forwarded by the maker to Indian film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC) which took cognizance and sought clarification from Neeraj Pandey, who co-produced the movie with Akshay.
Vipin Tiwari, head of Teetri production, informed that he directed, produced ‘Laadli’ movie which was released on April 7. The movie themed on ‘Save the girl child’ issue was given ‘U’ certificate by the Censor board. “One of the famous songs in the movie, ‘Hans Mat Pagli Pyar Ho Jaega’ was approved in the favor of us by IFPTC and till date its registration is with us,” said Tiwari, adding that upcoming movie copied it, which is a violation of the Copyright Act.
‘Toilet- Ek Prem Katha’ in its promo is screening the very song without permission of us. Also, the song of Akshay’s movie has similar picturisation of the scene on Holi …read more
