Trouble for Amitabh Bachchan; Slapped with a Legal Notice along with Jhund makers

A Hyderabad based filmmaker has accused the makers of the Jhund, and Amitabh Bachchan of copyright infringement and alleges that he was cheated and criminally intimidated by the makers of the film...

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Amitabh Bachchan has got caught up in legal trouble as a Hyderabad-based filmmaker Nandi Chinni Kumar has sent legal notice to the makers of his upcoming Hindi movie ‘Jhund’ for copyright infringement.

Kumar sent a legal notice to ‘Jhund’ director and producer, Nagraj Manjule, producer Krishan Kumar, T-Series Chairman and Managing Director Bhushan Kumar, the lead actor of the film, Amitabh Bachchan and Slum Soccer founder Vijay Barse, on whose life the film is said to be based on.

He claims that he bought the exclusive rights in 2017 to make a movie on the life of Akhilesh Paul, a slum soccer player who was the Indian captain at the Homeless World Cup, and also claims to have registered the story and script with Telangana Cinema Writers Association on June 11, 2018.

Filmmaker Nandi Chinni Kumar alleges that he was cheated and criminally intimidated by the makers of the film, and states that he plans to move the court to stop the screening of the movie in theatres, television and all digital platforms.

“Though Nagaraj Manjule, director of Marathi blockbuster ‘Sairat’, bought the rights to make a movie on the life of Vijay Barse, who is the coach of Akhilesh Paul, his film 'Jhund' also showcases Akhilesh’s story in a major role, thus allegedly violating the copyrights”, Koimoi quoted Kumar as saying.

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He added that Nagraj Manjule claimed to have bought rights from Akhilesh Paul for Rs 4 lakh but was reluctant to show the documents. Kumar also alleged that Savita Raj, one of the producers of ‘Jhund’, threatened his producer in September 2019 over the Akhilesh Paul’s copyrights. 

Kumar further informed that he has sent an email to Amitabh Bachchan and Nagaraj and ‘Jhund’ producers exposing copyright infringement and criminal intimidation but there was no reply from their side.

He has also written to India Movie Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) and Telangana Cinema Writers Association and urged the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) not to issue censor certificate to the movie Jhund.

He informed IANS that he got the reply to the notice only from T-Series but it is ‘very vague’.

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