Drishyam 2 shoot to not commence till copyright case is pending, assures Panorama Studios to HC : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

May 8, 2021

Panorama Studios International, which had acquired the rights of the Hindi remake of the Malayalam hit movie Drishyam 2 has now assured the Bombay High Court that they’d not start capturing for the movie till the time the copyright swimsuit filed in opposition to it is pending. Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd had approached the HC looking for a restraining order on Panorama Studios International from producing any sequel to the film in Hindi language.

In its authorized swimsuit, Viacom alleged infringement of their copyright and sought recognition and adjudication of copyright and different rights within the manufacturing of the sequel within the Drishyam franchise which features a movie on continuation from the earlier story.

In its order, the HC mentioned, (2).

The HC additionally famous that if the manufacturing home undertakes any pre-manufacturing work comparable to growing the script, screenplays or dialogue, then it is going to be at their very own danger and that they may not be entitled to declare any equities on that foundation sooner or later.

The 2015 movie Drishyam which was a remake of the Malayalam movie of the identical title launched in 2013 was an enormous hit. The movie starred Ajay Devgn, Tabu, and Shriya Saran. The Malayalam language sequel of the movie was launched in February this yr and was an enormous hit.

Viacom, in its swimsuit, mentioned it had executed a Remake Rights Agreement with Wide Angle Creations and Raj Kumar Theatres Pvt Ltd by which it had copyright to produce new movies by adapting the film Drishyam.

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