Some of the upcoming or proposed film projects based on Rajput’s life and mentioned in the petition are: « Nyay: The Justice », « Suicide or Murder: A Star Has Been Lost » and « Shashank ».
Published: April 23, 2021 6:05 pm |
Last updated: April 23, 2021, 6:13 p.m.
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NEW-DELHI: Director of the film ?? ‘Shashank’ has denied in the Delhi Supreme Court that the film is based on the life of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, saying the story depicts the struggle of outsiders in the industry.
The filmmaker claimed that the name of the film Shashank and Sushant Singh Rajput is so different, and the story of the film is based on four people fighting and fighting against nepotism in the Mumbai film industry, so there is no comparison between the two.
Director Sanoj Mishra filed the statements in an affidavit filed in response to a lawsuit by Rajput’s father Krishna Kishore Singh who tried to prevent someone from using their son’s name or likeness in films / p> Some of the upcoming or proposed film projects based on Rajput’s life mentioned in the plea are: « Nyay: Di e Justice « , » Suicide or Murder: A Star Was Lost « , » Shashank « and an undisclosed crowd-funded film.
According to the lawsuit, » Nyay « is due to be released in June while the filming of » Suicide or. » Murder: A Star Was Lost « and » Shashank « started.
The Supreme Court on April 20th asked the producers of these proposed and upcoming films to respond to the request, and the matter up for a hearing on May 24th
In his response filed by Attorney AP Singh, the director also addressed the issue of the territorial jurisdiction of the Delhi Supreme Court to bring the lawsuit.
He said Singh was in Bihar resident and the FIR regarding the actor’s death has also been filed there, while other pending cases are in Mumbai and even the addresses of the defendants are in Maharashtra and the jurisdiction of the Delhi Supreme Court for the maintenance The lawsuit was not brought.
The film of Defendant No. 7 (Mishra) ‘Shashank’ is based solely on the depiction of the struggle of outsiders in Bollywood.
Defendant No. 7 is also a good example for fighting as Mumbai’s outsider in Bollywood, the response said.
The director vehemently denied that his film was based on the life of Singh’s son and asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed by attorneys Akshay Dev, Varun Singh, Abhijeet Pandey, and Samruddhi Bendbhar, said that the defendants (filmmakers) who took advantage of this situation tried to use this opportunity for ulterior motives.
» As a result, Plaintiff (Singh) fears that various plays, films, web series, books, interviews or other material could be published that would damage the reputation of the Plaintiff’s son and his family, « the lawsuit alleged damages of over Rs 2 cr ores by the filmmakers for « loss of reputation, mental trauma and harassment » for Rajput’s family.
It has also been alleged that the case was that a « film, web series, book, or other content of a similar nature was published or may be broadcast, would undermine the right of the victim and deceased to a free and fair trial and would cause prejudice against them. « The lawsuit also alleged that Rajput was a well-known celebrity. « Any abuse of his name / picture / his caricature / his style of conducting dialogues, in addition to being passed on, also constitutes a violation of the plaintiff’s personal rights. »
« The said right would be exercised by the plaintiff after the death of his son As he is the only legitimate heir of Sushant Singh Rajput, « it continues.
In his plea, Singh asked the court for instructions to prevent the filmmakers mentioned in the lawsuit and all others from doing the « To use the name / caricature / lifestyle or likeness of your son in any way in your upcoming project / films ».
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