Famous production house of Indian film industry B.R. Films has denied the charge of copyrights violation and plagiarism slapped by Twentieth Century Fox for the film 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai'. According to Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox the production house has copied Fox’s film 'My Cousin Vinny' and made its hindi version 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' without proper permission.Twentieth Century Fox has slapped a case against the B.R. Films for the plagiarism and also made demand of Rs.70 million for the violation and also demanded to stall the release of the movie 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai'.
According to Sanjay Bhutani, CEO of B.R. Films they had made an original film. He said that they had asked the permission from Twentieth Century Fox through written and legal procedure in October 2007 to make an indianized version of their movie 'My Cousin Vinny'.
According to BR Films they had shared the film script with Twentieth Century Fox 2 months ago. The Twentieth Century Fox was quiet for so long time and are demanding through the lawsuit just before the release of the film.
Filmmaker Ravi Chopra was also expressing his anger against for this Twentieth Century Fox behavior. Bombay High court will hear the plea on the 7th may and then only we can know the fate of the film 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai'. BR Films is confident about the film’s release on scheduled time.
'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' is having Govinda, Tabu and Sushmita Sen in the lead role. The actors are also very eager for its release. Hope to have a good fate for the unreleased film.