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Bhagam Bhaag

Sunil Shetty pays the price of the remake
13th Dec 2006 13.01 IST
By Agencies

Conceding that to-be-released Hindi film Bhagam Bhaag is a remake of Malayalam film `Mannar Mathai Speaking', Sunil Shetty and others have reached an out of court settlement for Rs 75 lakhs over the alleged copyright violation dispute.

Accordingly the suit filed by Mani Kappan, producer of the Malayalam film, against Shetty and other producers of 'Bhagam Bhaag' was withdrawn on Tuesday, Kappan's counsel Majid Memon said in Mumbai.

"We have received Rs 75 lakhs by demand draft as royalty for Hindi remake of `Mannar Mathai Speaking, so in the circumstances Mani has no objection to the release of ‘Bhagam Bhaag’, slated to hit the screen on December 22," Memon added.

Last week, Justice S F Vajifdar of Bombay High Court had issued notices to Shetty who owns Popcorn Motion Pictures and Raj Mehta of Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision, both being the producers of ‘Bhagam Bhaag'.

Besides Shetty and Mehta, other defendants were 'Bhagam Bhaag's' director Priyadarshan and story-screenplay writer Neeraj Vora.

The suit, filed by Mani Kappan, alleged that 'Bhagam Bhaag' was a copy of the Malayalam film and no permission from the latter's producers was obtained to make the Hindi film.

The plaintiffs argued that they were in process of remaking "Mannar Mathai Speaking" in Telugu considering that the Malayalam feature was a box office hit.

The plaintiffs said they learnt from the website of defendants and television advertisements that story, screen play and presentation of 'Bhagam Bhaag' was similar to that of "Mannar Mathai Speaking".

‘Bhagam Bhaag’ is a multi-starrer comedy starring Govinda , Akshay Kumar , Paresh Rawal , Lara Dutta , Rajpal Yadav , Jackie Shroff , Tanushree Dutta and Arbaaz Khan .

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