Abhishek Kapoor Sues Excel Entertainment For Not Crediting Him For ROCK ON 2
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Wednesday, 18th Mar 2015, 4:00 PM IST Abhishek Kapoor, who had directed ‘Rock On’ in 2008, has sued the makers of the film for not crediting him as a writer for the sequel of the film. Kapoor claims that he started writing the script with Pubali Chaudhuri on September 4, 2011, and the both of them regularly exchanged emails while developing the story. And now, Excel is only crediting Pubali for the story. Abhishek had creative differences with the production house, so he had sent an email to Chaudhuri on 13th Aug 2013 stating, "I heard about Excel making Rock On 2. Have they contacted you? I have a feeling they would want to make our script." Kapoor says that Chaudhuri next day replied that she is not well and will discuss the matter with him later. And then on the same day itself, Pubali got the script registered with the Film Writers' Association. "The mala fide conduct of Chaudhuri can be seen from the fact that when the plaintiff (Kapoor) addressed an email, she did not dispute the contents whereby Kapoor referred the script as 'our script'. In fact, she made a false statement that she was unwell. Had she been unwell, she would not have got the script registered the same day. It is clear from the conduct of Chaudhuri that she cheated Kapoor. It was a blatant breach of trust," the suit claims. Kapoor says that when Pubali stopped receiving his calls, he applied to the Film Writers' Association to register the script of ‘Rock On 2’ in his name. The association favoured him. In Oct last year, he read a press release about the sequel. So, he immediately sent out a letter to the production house claiming credit and remuneration for the script. "Excel made several allegations which are not only false but contrary to the records and the emails exchanged between the parties. For the first time, Excel alleged that they have engaged Chaudhuri solely to write the story and screenplay of ‘Rock On 2’," the suit insists. 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 |