Bollywood Superstar Sanjay Dutt has been served a legal notice for allegedly violating the remake rights of his upcoming movie Prasthanam. Sanjay’s wife, Manyata Dutt, and film director Deva Katta have also been served the notice.
The legal notice was sent by a leading media company Sheemaro. Before anyone jumps ahead of themselves with the question of how do you violate ‘remake rights’, we’re here to explain.
Remake Rights
Prasthanam is a Hindi remake of the hit Telegu movie of the same name which was released in 2010.
Now, normally when you’ve acquired the ‘remake rights’ of a movie there’s little you can do to violate that. You’re basically just re-doing what someone else already did.
The thing is, turns out Sanjay Dutt may not have had the remake rights to Prasthanam to begin with.
The news was confirmed by Shemaroo’s Senior Vice-President for film production Ketan Maru. According to Shemaroo they have the remake rights not Sanjay Dutt.
“Yes, we have sent a legal notice to Mr Dutt and others associated with the remake of the 2010 Telugu film, Prasthanam. That’s because we at Shemaroo have the remake rights of the film,”
Sheemaro not Nice To Sanjay Dutt
Prasthanam came out in 2010 and Sheemaro Entertainment claims they acquired the remake rights for the film back in 2012. They could have given Sanju a heads up when he announced he’d be making a Hindi remake for the film. Sheemaro says they did, but Sanju Baba just didn’t listen.
“We acquired the rights of Prasthanam in 2012. When we read the announcement of Mr Dutt’s remake, we immediately drew attention to the fact that the remake rights of Prasthanam were with us. However, they paid no attention and proceeded to remake the film,”
While Shemaroo had to send a lawsuit to Sanju at some point, they could have chosen another date to do so. As the Munna Bhai MBBS actor celebrated his 60th birthday, Shemaroo slapped him with a lawsuit.
Sheemaro Entertainment really killed the vibe for Munna Bhai’s birthday plans. Earlier, it was reported that Sanju Baba will be releasing the teaser of Prasthanam on his birthday. Now, it remains to be seen whether they release the first look of the film or not?
The original film was released back in 2010. The remake also includes Ali Fazal and Amyra Dastur in the lead cast.
