Aishwarya
Rai,
Anil
Kapoor
starrer
Fanney
Khan:
Supreme
Court
clears
the
film
release
|FilmiBeat
The
Supreme
Court
today
paved
the
way
for
the
release
of
Anil
Kapoor
and
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan-starrer
Fanney
Khan
by
refusing
to
stay
its
scheduled
screening
on
August
3.
A
bench
of
justices
R
F
Nariman
and
Indu
Malhotra
refused
to
stay
the
release
of
the
movie
on
a
plea
filed
by
its
producer
Vashu
Bhagnani's
Pooja
Entertainment
and
Films
Ltd.,
which
had
alleged
that
he
was
cheated
in
respect
of
the
film's
distribution
rights,
which
were
"surreptitiously"
given
to
Super
Cassettes
(T-Series).
The
petitioner
had
claimed
that
the
sole
distribution
rights
for
Fanney
Khan
was
sold
to
him
for
a
sum
of
Rs
10
Crore,
out
of
which
he
had
already
paid
an
amount
of
Rs
8.50
Crore.
Pooja
Entertainment
and
Films
Ltd.
has
claimed
that
in
November
2017,
Kriarj
Entertainment
Private
Ltd.
had
approached
them
regarding
distribution
rights
and
release
of
the
movie.
"However,
in
connivance
with
Respondent
no.
7
(T-
Series),
Respondent
no.
1
(Kriarj
Entertainment
Private
Ltd)
herein
has
parted
with
its
entire
co-production
and
distribution
rights
in
the
said
film
in
favour
of
Respondent
no.
7,
before
and
after
the
arrangement
and
receipt
of
money
from
the
petitioners,
thus
constituting
a
grave
misdemeanour,
which
is
liable
to
be
remedied
in
a
most
equitable
and
exemplary
manner,"
the
petition
had
said.
Bhagnani's
petition
had
said
that
his
company
had
filed
a
suit
in
the
Bombay
High
Court
against
T-Series,
KriArj
Entertainment
Pvt.
Ltd.
and
others.
The
petitioner
had
also
said
they
were
oblivious
about
the
case
filed
by
T-Series
against
Pooja
Entertainment
and
Films
Ltd.
in
the
Delhi
High
Court,
in
which
T-Series
had
obtained
an
ex-parte
order
restraining
Pooja
Entertainment
and
Films
Ltd.
from
interfering
with
distribution
and
exhibition
of
"Fanney
Khan"
and
another
movie
"Batti
Gul
Meter
Chalu".
After
negotiations,
a
memorandum
of
agreement
was
executed
on
December
16
last
year,
whereby
distribution
rights
of
"Fanney
Khan"
in
India
were
given
to
Pooja
Entertainment
and
Films,
the
plea
had
said.
"Shockingly,
and
subsequent
thereto,
without
being
in
the
knowledge
of
the
petitioners,
it
appears
that
Respondent
no.
1
(Kriarj
Entertainment)
sold
its
remaining
rights
of
25
per
cent
in
the
film
in
question,
to
Respondent
no.
7
(T-Series)
through
a
letter
dated
April
19,
2018
citing
financial
and
monetary
constraints,
with
the
result
that
Respondent
no.
7
was
given
the
entire
50
per
cent
rights
in
the
film,
which
had
earlier
vested
with
Respondent
no.
1
after
its
agreement
with
Respondent
no.
6
(Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra
Pictures
Pvt
Ltd)
on
May
8,
2017,"
the
plea
claimed.
"It
is
respectfully
stated
that
the
reputation,
fair
name
and
profitability
of
the
petitioners
has
been
adversely
and
unfairly
affected,
in
a
most
unjustified
and
unseemly
manner,
owing
to
certain
machinations
and
surreptitious
arrangements
between
Kriarj
Entertainment
Pvt
Ltd
and
Super
Cassettes
Industries
Pvt
Ltd,
in
relation
to
All-India
distribution
rights
of
film
'Fanney
Khan' behind
the
back
and
unknown
to
the
petitioners,"
the
petition
had
said.