This
is
one
war
that
can
put
any
of
the
corporate
wars
to
shame.
We
are
talking
about
the
on
gong
war
of
the
two
leading
giants
of
the
Bollywood
fraternity:
Percept
and
UTV.
For
starters,
sometime
back
Percept
Picture
Company
had
announced
a
film
starring
the
Cheeni
Kum
pair
of
Amitabh
Bachhan
and
Tabu.
This
film
that
was
titled
as
Johnny
Walker
was
supposed
to
be
directed
by
Shoojit
Sircar.
Due
to
some
reasons
unknown,
the
film
never
saw
the
light
of
the
day,
even
though
the
initial
announcement
was
made.
Reportedly,
Sircar
then
approached
UTV
with
the
same
subject
and
had
renamed
it
Shoebite,
which
is
currently
being
filmed
under
UTV's
production.
This
action
of
Sircar
angered
the
Percept
officials
to
no
end,
since
the
film
belonged
to
them
officially.
That's
the
reason
which
prompted
Shailendra
Singh
of
Percept
to
approach
the
Delhi
High
Court,
which
gave
away
its
decision
to
a
long
battle
between
both
the
production
houses.
The
court's
decision
went
in
favour
of
Shailendra
Singh,
who
has
won
the
case.
Copy
of
the
Court's
order
"Percept
approached
the
Delhi
High
Court
to
protect
their
intellectual
property
in
the
script
Johny
Walker
which
is
registered.
Counsel
Mr.
Rajiv
Nayyar
instructed
by
Ameet
Naik
of
Naik,
Naik
and
Company
and
Rishi
Agarwal
appeared
for
Percept.
The
Delhi
High
Court
was
prima
facie
convinced
that
Shoojit
Sircar
disregarded
the
terms
of
his
engagement
with
Percept
and
is
making
the
Amitabh
Bachchan
starrer
film
Shoebite
with
UTV,
based
on
Percept's
script.
The
Delhi
high
court
observed
that
since
UTV
and
Shoojit
Sircar
have
encroached
upon
Percept's
copyright
in
the
script
Johny
Walker,
on
16th
July,
2008
the
court
has
granted
injunction
restraining
them
from
infringing
Percept's
copyright
in
the
script
and
dialogue
of
the
film
Johny
Walker
in
any
manner
including
by
making
the
film
Shoebite
based
on
the
script".
Story first published: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 19:08 [IST]