Posted by All Information Here on Thursday, October 30, 2014
The Bombay High Court (see
here for order) has restrained the release of any trailers or teasers of the remake Zanjeer/ Thoofan (the Telugu version of the film), until the final judgment on this matter is pronounced.
The remade ‘Zanjeer’ has run into hot water, not only is it involved in a copyright dispute (see
here) but also involved in a controversy regarding non-payment of dues for the film’s remake rights. Sumeet and Puneeth Mehra (Amit Mehra’s brothers) had sold remake-rights for this film to Amit Mehra (the producer of the remake) who has allegedly been defaulting on payments. The contract between the two parties was terminated and on 26th July 2012, Sumeet Mehra obtained an interim order restraining the release of the movie. Arbitration between the parties resulted in the Arbitral Tribunal upholding the termination of contract by Sumeet and Puneeth Mehra. After arbitration, Amit Mehra filed an arbitration petition before the Bombay High Court which has been heard and concluded and the judgment is awaited.
The present interim injunction was granted as the Court felt it appropriate to restrain Amit Mehra from releasing trailers or teasers (in Hindi and Telugu) till this judgment is pronounced. Since trailers and teasers form part of the movie which is the subject matter of the petition, this injunction was considered necessary in order not to prejudice the rights of Sumeet and Puneeth Mehra.