Showing posts with label Didda: The Warrior Queen Of Kashmir. Show all posts
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Kangana Ranaut moves Bombay High Court against FIR on copyright violation
8:28 AM
THE TIMES OF INDIA (June 26, 2021)
Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut and her brother have moved Bombay High Court challenging an FIR by Mumbai Police for an alleged copyright violation case filed by Ashish Kaul, author of ‘Didda: The Warrior Queen Of Kashmir’.
In January, Ranaut had tweeted about her next production, ‘Manikarnika Returns: The Legend Of Didda’, based on the story of the Queen of Kashmir who defeated Mehmood Ghaznavi twice. Her lawyer, Rizwan Siddiquee, said there was “no film made, hence no copyright infringement offence committed. It is only because she announced that the film will be made the FIR was registered under the Copyright Act’’.
Siddiquee said the actor's fundamental rights are at stake, “why should she participate in the investigation?” Her petition said police registered an FIR following an order under section 156(3) of CrPC by a magistrate in March 2021. The FIR was based on “mere conjectures, speculation and surmises”.
After state government counsel gave an oral assurance of not taking coercive steps, including arrest against the petitioners till next hearing, HC said it will hear the plea on June 28. HC will also hear a plea by Ranaut, booked by Bandra police in a case alleging an offence of sedition along with her sister Rangoli, seeking directions to the authorities to renew her passport to enable her to go abroad for shooting of a film.
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Actor seeks permanent exemption from appearance in defamation case
Citing work commitments across the country, actor Kangana Ranaut sought permanent exemption from appearance before court in a defamation case against her by veteran Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar. She said attending trial regularly will require her to travel miles from various locations to Mumbai, causing her undue hardship, and she and production houses will incur huge financial losses. “The applicant declares her non-appearance shall not come in the way of proceedings with trial,” the plea by advocate Rizwan Siddiquee said.
Producer of Kangana Ranaut's next gets relief from Bombay High Court
8:37 AM
PTI | OUTLOOK INDIA (June 9, 2021)
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the police to not arrest film producer Kamal Jain, who has booked along with actor Kangana Ranaut in a cheating and copyright infringement case, till July 1.
Mumbai police had, in March this year, registered an FIR against Jain, Kangana Ranaut and her siblings Rangoli Chandel and Akshat Ranaut after Ashish Kaul, author of the book ''Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir'', accused them of copyright violations and cheating.
The FIR under IPC sections for cheating, criminal breach of trust and conspiracy as well as Copyright Act was registered by Khar police in the metropolis following an order of a local court on an application filed by Kaul.
Jain's counsel Shirish Gupte on Tuesday told a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and NJ Jamadar that the producer would appear before the police and cooperate with the investigation as and when required.
Accepting the statement, the HC bench said, "In this backdrop, the arrest of the petitioner does not seem to be warranted. The petitioner shall not be arrested till July 1."
According to Kaul, he had sent an e-mail to Kangana about the storyline of his book and she used part of the story in a tweet while announcing her film without his permission.
In her tweet, Ranaut had said she would be joining hands once again with Kamal Jain to bring back the franchise after the 2019 film Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi.
The sequel will reportedly tell the story of Didda, a queen of Kashmir who despite being struck by polio in one leg was a great warrior.
Kaul, in his complaint before the magistrate, claimed he had exclusive copyrights to the life story of Didda.
Kangana Ranaut named in FIR over copyright infringement
8:31 AM
THE TIMES OF INDIA (March 13, 2021)
Mumbai: Following a magistrate court’s order on Friday, an FIR was registered against actor Kangana Ranaut at Khar police station on charges relating to copyright infringement. Others named in the FIR include her sister Rangoli Chandel, brother Akshat Ranaut and producer Kamal Kumar Jain.
The FIR is registered under Indian Penal Code sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 415 (cheating by deceiving a person), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and under the Copyright Act.
Earlier, the Bandra magistrate court directed cops to investigate the matter after a private complaint was submitted by Ashish Kaul, author of the book ‘Didda: The Warrior Queen Of Kashmir’. It was submitted that Kaul is the sole copyright owner of the “unique story” and the biopic on the nationalist side of Queen Didda. Didda was the Princess of Lohar (Poonch).
The police said it was alleged that Kaul had sent an email containing the story of his book to Kangana. However, some portions were used by her in a tweet while announcing her movie. It was alleged that it was done without the author’s permission.
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