Not A Love Story faces legal suit for being a copy
News
oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Producer
Shareef
Zuberi
yesterday
filed
a
suit
in
a
City
Civil
Court
of
Mumbai,
seeking
a
direction
to
restrain
film
maker
Ram
Gopal
Verma
from
releasing
his
forthcoming
film
Not
a
Love
Story.
The
film
is
touted
to
be
based
on
the
murder
of
TV
executive
Neeraj
Grover.
The
suit
has
been
filed
against
the
release
stating
that
Not
A
Love
Story
is
a
copy
of
his
under-production
film
based
on
the
similar
plot.
Zuberi
claimed
that
he
was
making
a
film
titled
"Love
Affair" and
had
registered
the
script
with
the
Film
Writers
Association.
He
alleged
that
Verma
had
copied
the
story
idea
and
was
making
a
similar
film
on
Neeraj
Grover's
murder
with
the
title
"Not
a
love
story".
Zuberi
informs
that
his
film
was
70
per
cent
complete
and
would
be
ready
for
release
in
the
next
45
days.
The
producer
added
that
he
has
already
spent
Rs
70
lakh
on
the
project
'Love
Affair'
and
was
shocked
to
see
in
the
newspaper
that
Varma
was
releasing
a
film
based
on
the
same
subject.
RGV,
whose
Not
A
Love
Story
is
all
set
to
hit
the
screens
coming
Friday
(
19th
August,
2011),
said
that
he
had
not
heard
of
producer
Zuberi
and
dismissed
all
the
allegations
of
copying
the
story
idea.
Zuberi
urged
the
court
to
stop
the
release
of
Not
A
Love
Story,
till
Verma
compensates
him
for
the
losses
suffered
or
by
restraining
the
film's
release
after
Zuberi's
film
Love
Affair
hits
the
screen.
Zuberi's
lawyer
Sushan
Kunjuraman
said
that
the
petition
would
be
heard
today.