Film director Priydarshan, Suniel Shetty booked in copyright case

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Feb 23 (UNI) City police today registered an offence against leading Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty, Director Priyadarshan, story writer Niraj Vora and five others for alleged violation of copyrights of Marathi film 'Bindhast', following a complaint filed by the film's producer Machindra Chate here.

Mr Chate, in his complaint, said eight persons including Priyadarshan, Suniel Shetty and six others have allegedly cheated him by stealing part of the story and scenes from his film 'Bindhast', and inserting them ditto in the film 'Bhagam Bhag', without holding copyrights or remake rights of the said film.

City's Mukundwadi police have registered an offence against the eight under section 406, 420, 468, 468, 471, (34) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 63, 68 (a) of the copyrights act 1957.

Police Sub Inspector Ananat Kulkarni of the crime branch is investigating the case.

UNI