Saturday, October 22, 2011

SRK’s RA One runs into legal trouble over copyright


SRK’s ambitious project RA One which is slated to be his Diwali release has run into legal trouble. The movie stars Sharukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal. With just a few days left for the release and Eros International having acquired the world distribution rights for a whooping 150 crores, SRK seems to have a lot of sorting out to do if he wants the movie to be released this Diwali.

Yash Patnaik, a television writer and producer claims that the concept is originally his and claims copyright for it. The Bombay high court has directed that Rupees one crore be deposited as a pay-order to the court if the film has to be released. Yash Patnaik states that he has not been given credit for the concept and want 10% in the profits if it is not done. Yash Patnaik had developed the concept in the year 2006 and his character was called “ONE”.

With so much going on behind the scenes it is wait and watch to see how the super hero handles this grave situation and whether SRK would have yet another hit this Diwali.

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