20th Century Fox has filed a case against Ravi Chopra's film "Banda Yeh Bindas Hai" in Mumbai High Court for copyright infringement of its Oscar winning film, "My Cousin Vinny" and has claimed a compensation of of Rs. 7 crores.
Ravi Chopra, CEO of B.R. Films, has opposed the case saying that they officially gained rights to make this film.
This case, if not settled out of Court, would be an important copyright case for the Bollywood, particularly on the aspect of 'substantial similarity' test to be decided in India. The list of Bollywood films "inspired" from Hollywood flicks are numerous, as listed in here.
This space intends to follow the legal news in the world of entertainment industry in India, particularly, film entertainment, popularly known as 'Bollywood' and report the various legal issues concerning the Bollywood.
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