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Court Imposed 10 lakhs Fine on RGV
By: Tupaki Desk | 1 Sep 2015 6:33 AM GMT
Many times Ram Gopal Varma openly confessed that his biggest mistake as director was choosing to remake the Bollywood all-time classic 'Sholay'. RGV ki Aag is a 2007 directed by Ram Gopal Varma. and the film was an official remake of the 1975 film Sholay. RGV earned wrath of all sections for remaking the classic and the film also became disaster.Now after so many years, the remake of the iconic film camt to haunt the filmmaker.
The Delhi High Court slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Ram Gopal Varma and his production house for intentionally remaking the blockbuster Sholay by violating the copyrights. The judgement was delivered on a lawsuit filed by Sascha Sippy, son of the original Sholay's producers Vijay Sippy and G P Sippy.
The makers of the original film approached High Court against RGV for deliberately using the scenes, character names and some dialogues that belongs to original film. Upon hearing the petition Court delivers its final verdict yesterday and slapped 10 lakhs fine on RGV.The remake of Sholay features Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj Sachdev, Sushmita Sen and J. D. Chakravarthy. The film received negative reviews upon release and RGV earned wrath from audience and Bollywood critics.
The Delhi High Court slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Ram Gopal Varma and his production house for intentionally remaking the blockbuster Sholay by violating the copyrights. The judgement was delivered on a lawsuit filed by Sascha Sippy, son of the original Sholay's producers Vijay Sippy and G P Sippy.
The makers of the original film approached High Court against RGV for deliberately using the scenes, character names and some dialogues that belongs to original film. Upon hearing the petition Court delivers its final verdict yesterday and slapped 10 lakhs fine on RGV.The remake of Sholay features Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Ajay Devgan, Prashant Raj Sachdev, Sushmita Sen and J. D. Chakravarthy. The film received negative reviews upon release and RGV earned wrath from audience and Bollywood critics.
