Delhi HC Slams Ram Gopal Varma with Rs 10 Lakh Fine for Remaking ‘Sholay’

Indian cinema’s controversial director Ram Gopal Varma has been slammed by the Delhi High Court with a penalty of Rs.10 lakh for making the remake of Bollywood’s extremely reckoned  Hindi movie Sholay. Delhi HC penalises Ram Gopal Varma and his production house on Monday for violating the exclusive copyright vested with its director Ramesh Sippy.
sholay remake-aag slammed by rs.10 lakh by Delhi HC

Ram Gopal Varma and His Production House Penalised by Delhi High Court

The 1975’s Indian Hindi action-adventure film Sholay directed by Ramesh Sippy is regarded as one of a classic and one of the best Indian films. Sholay was ranked first in the British Film Institute’s 2002 poll of “Top 10 Indian Films” of all time and was  judged as the Best Film of 50 Years in the year 2005 at the 50th annual Filmfare Awards.

Sascha Sippy, son and grandson of original Sholay’s producers Vijay Sippy and GP Sippy filed a lawsuit  after sensing Ram Gopal Varma violated an exclusive copyright held by the Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Delhi High Court slammed with violated an exclusive copyright held by the Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

The high court imposed a fine of Rs 10 Lakh as inflicting punishment damages against Mr. Varma. Delhi High court justice Manmohan Singh said “in the present case have intentionally and deliberately brought the movie in violation of plaintiffs’ exclusive moral rights of the copyright and passing off.”

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The justice further added “The publicity material coupled with the impugned film, gives an overall impression that it is a remake of the film Sholay. The use of similar plot and characters in the impugned film coupled with use of the underlying music, lyrics and background score and even dialogues from the original film Sholay amounts to infringement of copyright in the film Sholay.”

Record breaking film Sholay featured Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan in lead roles. Stay tuned with us for more trending alerts happening in Indian cinema with us by bookmarking us (press Ctrl+D) for easy navigation.

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