Legal Action Against Bollywood Movie Maker copied Studio Sues My Cousin Vinny
A Hollywood film studio has taken legal action against Bollywood movie-makers who it claims copied 1992 comedy hit My Cousin Vinny.
20th Century Fox has sued BR Films for 70m rupees (£940,000) at Mumbai’s High Court, saying Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is an illegal remake.
The script and storyline is identical to the original US movie, the studio contends. BR Films has rejected the allegations, saying their film was original. It argues the characters and settings for their release were different.
In September, a case against the Bollywood makers of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors was dismissed. The makers of the Harry Potter films had claimed the name was too similar to the