Sushant Singh Rajput’s father moves court against films on his son; Delhi HC seeks response from filmmakers : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

April 20, 2021

Sushant Singh Rajput handed away in June 2020. His dying cme as a shock to the movie trade, his followers and his household. Various filmmakers had introduced films primarily based on the life and dying of the actor. Now, The Delhi High Court on Tuesday requested the producers of varied proposed and upcoming films on the lifetime of Rajput to reply to a plea by his father looking for to restrain anybody from utilizing his son’’s identify or likeness in motion pictures.

Reportedly, Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued a discover to all involved filmmakers and sought their stand by May 24 in response to the swimsuit filed by Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore Singh.

In the plea, Rajput’s father talked about names of a few of the films which include- Nyay:The Justice, Suicide or Murder: A Star was misplaced, Shashank and one unnamed crowd funded films. As per the swimsuit, Nyay is scheduled to be launched in June whereas the capturing of Suicide or Murder: A star was misplaced and Shashank has commenced.

“The defendants (filmmakers), taking advantage of this situation, have been trying to encash this opportunity for ulterior motives,” the plea learn.

The plaintiff (Singh) additionally sought damages over Rs 2 crores from the filmmakers for “loss of reputation, mental trauma and harassment” to Rajput’s household.

The plea additionally claimed that if a “movie, web-series, book or any other content of similar nature is allowed to be published or broadcasted, it would affect the right of the victim and deceased for a free and fair trial as it may cause prejudice to them”.

The Plaintiff additionally sought instructions from the court to restrain the filmmakers talked about within the swimsuit and anybody else from utilizing his son’s ” name/ caricature/ lifestyle or likeness in their forthcoming project/films in any manner whatsoever”.

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