Don't Interfere With Fanney Khan & Batti Gul Meter Chalu, Delhi High Court Directs Vashu Bhagnani!
The Delhi High Court restrained noted film producer Vashu Bhagnani owned Pooja Film Company and Pooja Entertainment & Films Ltd from interfering with the distribution & release of Fanney Khan.
News
oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
The
Delhi
High
Court
on
Tuesday
restrained
noted
film
producer
Vashu
Bhagnani
owned
Pooja
Film
Company
and
Pooja
Entertainment
&
Films
Ltd
from
interfering
with
the
distribution
and
release
of
'Fanney
Khan'
and
'Batti
Gul
Meter
Chalu',
both
of
which
are
scheduled
for
release
next
month
and
are
being
co-produced
by
T-series.
The
Court
was
hearing
a
suit
filed
by
T-Series
which
claimed
that
Vashu
Bhagnani
was
interfering
in
the
release
and
distribution
of
these
films
by
issuing
baseless
public
notices
asking
various
theatre
owners
and
film
distributors
in
the
country
to
not
enter
into
any
agreements
to
release
these
films.
Vashu
Bhagnani
had
apparently
also
served
legal
notices
to
Bhushan
Kumar's
T-series,
Prerna
Arora's
Kriarj
Entertainment
and
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra's
production
house
last
month
claiming
to
have
acquired
rights
in
these
films
from
Kriarj
last
year
itself.
The
lawyers
appearing
for
T-series
stated
in
court
that
they
had
sent
multiple
replies
to
Vashu's
legal
team
last
month
itself
asking
them
to
provide
a
copy
of
these
alleged
agreements
under
which
Vashu
was
claiming
to
have
got
rights,
however
instead
of
responding
to
such
requests,
Vashu's
team
started
issuing
public
notices
and
asking
film
distributors
across
the
country
to
not
execute
any
deals
with
T-series
or
film's
producers.
''This,
they
argued,
amounted
an
unlawful
interference
with
the
film
by
Vashu
Bhaganani
and
was
creating
tremendous
uncertainty
and
suspicion
over
T-series'
rights
in
these
films,
which
was
uncalled
for
and
leading
to
severe
losses," the
lawyers
said.
When
contacted,
Advocate
Neel
Mason
of
Mason
&
Associates,
who
appeared
for
T-Series
said,"Our
case
is
quite
simple.
T-series
co-produced
"Batti
Gul
Meter
Chalu" with
Kriarj
and
"Fanney
Khan"
with
Kriarj
and
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra
Productions,
under
written
agreements,
all
of
which
were
executed
much
prior
in
time
than
Vashu
Bhagnani's
alleged
agreements.
These
agreements
prohibited
Kriarj
from
entering
into
any
agreements
with
any
third
party
without
the
written
consent
of
T-series.
Therefore,
any
agreement
that
Kriarj
may
have
entered
into
with
Vashu
ji's
companies,
are
void
in
law
and
cannot
supersede
our
client's
rights.
As
regards
why,
when
and
where
did
Kriarj
execute
these
so-called
agreements
with
Vashu
ji
or
what
happened
with
the
money
paid
to
Kriarj
is
for
Kriarj
to
explain.
Our
Client
cannot
be
made
to
suffer
if
Kriarj
has
exceeded
its
rights
and
taken
money
from
someone,
without
our
client's
written
consent."
The
Delhi
High
Court,
while
observing
that
a
lot
of
such
matters
were
suddenly
coming
up
before
it
involving
claims
made
by
multiple
third
party
investors
in
these
films,
directed
the
matters
to
be
taken
up
together
next
week
and
in
the
meanwhile
restrained
Pooja
Films
and
Pooja
Entertainment
&
Films
Ltd
from
issuing
any
notice
or
making
any
claims
in
relation
to
these
films.