| Yesterday, Priyanka Chopra, Apoorva Lakhia and others from the Zanjeer team flew down to Hyderabad to release the Telugu trailer of the film, not knowing that their trip would end up being an exercise in futility. Hours after the starry launch, Bombay High Court ordered the trailer to be withdrawn.
Dealing a double blow to the makers, the HC also ordered that the Hindi trailer, next in line, should not be aired until further notice. The order was passed in view of (late) Prakash Mehra's sons - Sumeet and Puneet's complaint against their brother Amit Mehra, who is producing the remake of their father's 1973 blockbuster.
Amit, who had bought the remake rights from his brothers - Sumeet, who stays in the US and younger sibling Puneet, who stays in Mumbai - had defaulted on payments, running into crores. Consequently, Sumeet and Puneet terminated the contract that granted Amit the remake rights in the first place, after which they were involved in a legal tangle.
Last week, when Sumeet and Puneet realised that Amit was going all out to publicise his film, starting with the Telugu trailer on Monday, March 25, they decided to approach the Court one more time. Little & Co represented Sumeet and Puneet, Naik & Naik argued the case for Amit.
A source told Mirror, "The Telugu trailer was supposed to be launched on March 27, on Ram Charan's birthday. Amit suddenly changed his mind. Sumeet and Puneet acted fast, which is why the order was passed in a short time."
While Amit and Lakhia remained unavailable for comment, Amit's lawyer S U Kamdar said, "I don't think the High Court Order prohibits the Telugu trailer, it's for the further trailers in Hindi." However, Senior Managing Partner of Little & Co, J Kapadia, countered this: "An order to stop all trailers of Zanjeer 2.0 was passed in HC on Monday afternoon and we have applied for the certified copies. But we wouldn't like to elaborate further." Puneet too confirmed the High Court Order. |
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