Sanjay Gupta’s Next With Hrithik Roshan In A Legal Tussle
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Tuesday, 8th Dec 2015, 2:58 PM IST Few days ago, it was announced that Hrithik Roshan will be starring in a film which will be produced by his father Rakesh Roshan and directed by Sanjay Gupta. However, the film has now got into a legal tussle. Sudhanshu Pandey has sent out a notice to Rakesh Roshan and Sanjay Gupta for copyright infringement of his story, screenplay and dialogue. Sudhanshu’s film was titled as 'Farmayish'. Sudhanshu said, "I spent two-and-a-half years nurturing this script. It's my story and was to be the debut production, made under my banner Raw Stock Production Private Limited. I met Sanjay Gupta in May and he agreed to come on board as director and co-producer of the film. Together, we met Balaji Telefilms and pitched the story to them; they instantly agreed to join us as co-producers. We had Hrithik in mind for the lead and after one script-reading session with Sanjay, the actor gave his nod and informed that he wanted his father to hear the script. When Rakesh Roshan heard the script, he made it clear that the film would be presented and produced under his banner FilmKRAFT Productions." Sudhanshu sent the legal notices to Gupta and Rakesh on 5th Dec. He further revealed he had met the two at Rakesh’s office on 11th Oct where he was told that he would be offered 2 per cent of the profit and could be involved in the project as the associate producer. However, he would not be given any credit for the story, screenplay and dialogues. "This was not acceptable to me and I walked out," he said. Sudhanshu says that after the meeting both the filmmakers stopped receiving his calls and that’s why he filed a complaint with the Indian Film and Television Producers Council (IFTPC) on 28th Nov claiming sole and exclusive intellectual property right, including copyright ownership on the script. Well, the twist here is that on 4th Dec a public notice was published in four trade magazines which stated that the script of 'Farmayish' belongs to a writer named Vijay Kumar Mishra and that Sudhanshu's Raw Stock Films has falsely claimed ownership. Sudhanshu's lawyer, Rohini Vakil, has sent a legal notice to Naik, Naik & Company who had sent out the public notice. Sudhanshu said, "I have known Sanjay Gupta for a long time, he is being foolish and he knows he is wrong. I will fight this case till the end. I have all my paperwork in order." Lawyer Rohini said, "We know it is the same story but we will leave it to the IFTPC to call for a comparison of the two scripts." Talking about it Sanjay said, "I am not denying that I met Sudhanshu or discussed a script with him. But this is not that script." He further added that he did not wish to address these "one-directional, baseless allegations, without any proof", saying, "How does anyone know what script it is when nobody has announced anything yet?" Rakesh said, "I have not officially announced the project. I think this explains it all." Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp | |||