Shahid's film Batti Gul Meter Chalu in trouble, case filed against wri

There was finally some good news for the
Shahid Kapoor-Yami Gautam-Shraddha
Kapoor film Batti Gul Meter Chalu (BGMC).
The shooting of the stalled film which is
being directed by Shree Narayan Singh had
finally started after Bhushan Kumar of T-
Series took over the from Prernaa Arora
and Arjun N Kapoor's KriArj Entertainment.
The production house was facing monetary
issues due to which the shooting of the film
was on hold. However, it seems that the
project is jinxed as Vipul Rawal, the writer
of Rustom has filed a complaint with the
Film Writers Association (FWA) against
director Shree Narayan Singh and writers
Siddharth and Garima Rawal of copyright
infringement and unethical behavior.
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In his complaint, Vipul has stated that he
had registered the story under the title
Roshini in 2009 and put in a final draft in
2016. KriArj Entertainment took up the
story in 2017 and finally Shahid and
Shraddha were signed on as lead actors. In
a statement, Vipul said, "The director
wanted certain changes in the screenplay
and for that, he decided to employ writers
of his choice to make the modifications in
my screenplay. The pre-production started
and the dates for shooting were locked.
However, when the first teaser came out,
my name wasn't mentioned anywhere.
Instead, it boldly proclaimed, From the
writer and director of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'.
Immediately, I sent multiple mails to the
producers, who assured me that the issue
will be rectified at the earliest.
Vipul claims that he wrote several mails to
the director for asking for rectification. He
said, "The director's partner, Nitin
Chandrachud, sent me a mail saying that the
subject of my film (electricity) is in public
domain and anyone can write on it. This,
after the entire project, was set up on the
basis of the screenplay written by me. They
also mentioned that they will mention my
credits only as concept by', which is totally
unacceptable to me.
Vipul's lawyer Rohini Vakil said, "We have
sent a legal notice to them and a public
notice will also be published on Saturday. I
want my client's right to be protected. Batti
Gul Meter Chalu is from the writer
of Rustom and not Toilet Ek Prem Katha as
claimed in the teaser. The film has been in
hot waters for some time now as the shoot
was stalled citing monetary issues. It was
reported that the actors as well as the crew
members were not paid their fees due to
which they refused from continuing the
shooting.

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