Shah Rukh's Don 2 runs into legal trouble?
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Shah Rukh Khan's much awaited and highly talked about 'Don 2' seems to have run into legal troubles.
Sources say the producers of the original Don (1978) Nariman Films have sent a legal notice to the makers of Don 2 over the remaking and title copyright infringement.
Our source closely associated with Nariman Films alleged, "Nariman Films are the original producers of the Film "DON" released in 1978 starring Amitabh Bachchan. In the year 2005 Mr. shahrukh khan and Farhan Akhtar approached Nariman Films for the remaking rights of the original film "DON" through Mr. Javed Akhtar. We had given them remaking rights only for Don - The chase Begins Again in 2005. We have never given remaking rights for "Don-2 The chase continues ". Therefore we have raised our objection upon the Infringement on our Copyright of our film "Don" through our Advocates Mr. Digvijay Chopra and Miss Iva Bansal of Film India Corporate Legam Law Firm."
Advocate Digvijay Chopra confirmed the news saying, "A legal Notice has been sent to ExcelEntertainment , Red Chillies Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment , Shah Rukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Baba Arts for Infringement of Copyrights . The remaking rights were only given for the film 'Don- The chase begins again' starring Shah Rukh Khan. It was granted by an agreement which expired in year 2009.Thereafter they never renewed the said agreement or took prospective rights from Nariman Films."
Counsel Advocate Iva Bansal added, "Without any renewal of remaking rights Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies have made the film Don 2 ,the chase continues, Not only have they Infringed upon the title registered to Nariman Films i.e "Don" and "Don-2 - the Return of the King" which is in this matter second infringement .
The first infringement is the Film Don-2 itself made without taking necessary rights as per law." You see the Title Don -2 has already copyrighted in name of Nariman Films way back in January 2005. Reliance Entertainment has taken the distribution without any NOC from Nariman Films who hold the negatives of the original film Don and is there copyright. We shall also extend our objection to Don 2's overseas distributors Paramount Films."
Don 2 is slated to release in the last week of December 2011.
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