Don2
Legal problems aren’t new in Bollywood. But this time it involves Badshah Khan. Shah Rukh Khan's much hyped ‘Don 2' seems to have run into legal trouble. Apparently, the producers of the original ‘Don’ (1978) Nariman Films have sent a legal notice to the makers of ‘Don 2’ over the remaking and title copyright infringement. Nariman Films are the producers of ‘Don’ starring Amitabh Bachchan that was released in 1978. Later, Shah Rukh Khan and Farhan Akhtar approached Nariman Films in 2005 for the remaking rights of ‘Don’. The original producers say that they gave remaking rights but only for ‘Don - The chase Begins Again’ and not for remaking ‘Don-2- The chase continues
Besides, the producers also claim that the agreement expired in 2009, and was never renewed. Hence, Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies have made ‘Don 2, the chase continues’ without having proper rights. They have thus infringed upon the title registered with Nariman Films i.e ‘Don’ and ‘Don-2 - the Return of the King’. So, this is second infringement. Incidentally, ‘Don 2’ is slated to release in the last week of December 2011. Industry circles are very much concerned about the fate of ‘Don2’.
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