Hollywood's famous studio Twentieth Century Fox has moved the Bombay High Court against B R Chopra Films seeking Rs 7-crore damages and an injunction against the release of the Hindi film 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' alleging it was a remake of Oscar-winning 'My Cousin Vinny'.
The suit will come up for hearing on May 7 before the High Court which will decide on granting interim relief prayed for by the plaintiffs.
This is for the first time that a Hollywood studio has sued an Indian production house for alleged plagiarism and copyrights violation.
In the suit, the American studio contended that B R Films had sought permission to make a film on the story idea of 'My Cousin Vinny'. Although the studio had given a nod, rights for making a Hindi remake of the film were not given.
Twentieth Century Fox further contended that after looking at the script of the Hindi film they found it was substantial reproduction of 'My Cousin Vinny'. Also the story line was identical, it submitted.
The plaintiffs argued B R Chopra Films was wrongly projecting 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' as the authorised remake of the 1992 English film.
