A
Jaipur-based
filmmaker,
Praatik
Sharma,
has
moved
the
court
against
the
makers
of
Akshay
Kumar-starrer
"Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha" for
allegedly
lifting
the
punchline
and
the
subject
from
his
film
'Gutrun
Gutar
Gun'.
A
copyright
infringement
case
was
filed
by
Sharma
against
Plan
C
Studios,
an
alliance
between
Reliance
Entertainment
and
Friday
Filmworks
helmed
by
Neeraj
Pandey
and
Shital
Bhatia,
and
Viacom18
on
July
7
in
a
Jaipur
Metropolitan
Court.
The
court
has
issued
a
notice
returnable
on
July
22.
When
IANS
contacted
the
makers
of
"Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha"
about
the
allegation,
they
refused
to
comment.
"Plan
C
is
producing
it
and
Viacom18
is
serving
as
a
producer
and
presenter.
There
is
one
line
in
my
movie
-
'aurat
shadi
karke
ghar
mai
aati
hai,
usko
toilet
nahi
milta,
bawal
hota
hai,
ant
mai
pati
usko
toilet
bana
kar
deta
hai.'
(a
woman
gets
married
and
then
doesn't
find
a
toilet
at
home,
creates
a
scene
and
ultimately
a
toilet
is
constructed).
"Because
of
this
line
the
distributors
are
telling
me
my
film
is
the
same
film
as
'Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha,'
Sharma,
who
had
finished
making
"Gutrun
Gutar
Gun"
in
2015,
told
IANS.
His
film,
he
says,
had
got
a
certificate
from
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
in
the
same
year
but
they
could
not
release
it
for
lack
of
money
for
distribution.
The
film,
which
highlights
the
problem
of
houses
without
toilets,
was
even
screened
for
Minister
of
State
for
Information
and
Broadcasting
Rajyavardhan
Singh
Rathore
and
other
dignitaries,
Sharma
said.
"We
also
sent
our
film
to
festivals
like
Delhi
International
Film
Festival,
Indian
Film
Festival
Melbourne,
Australia
and
Rajasthan
International
Film
festival,"
he
said.
After
struggling
for
two
years,
his
team
was
ready
to
release
it
on
July
28
this
year.
"But
distributors
have
backed
out
saying
our
film
is
similar
to
'Toilet...'.
They
said
even
if
they
put
it
up,
they
would
remove
it
from
screens
if
asked
to.
This
is
unfair,"
Sharma
said.
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He
said
he
is
hoping
to
get
justice
in
court.
"We
believe
in
law.
I
know
we
will
get
justice,"
he
said
about
the
film,
whose
cast
is
led
by
actress
Asmita
Sharma.