| Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ravi Chopra |
| Produced by |
Ravi Chopra B. R. Chopra |
| Starring |
Govinda Salman Khan Tabu Lara Dutta Boman Irani Rajpal Yadav |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography | Barun Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Akiv Ali |
Production company |
Film City |
| Distributed by | BR Films |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai is an unreleased Bollywood comedy film directed by Ravi Chopra, starring Govinda, Salman Khan, Tabu, Lara Dutta, and Boman Irani.
Cast
- Govinda as Raj Ahuja
- Salman Khan
- Tabu
- Lara Dutta
- Aashish Chaudhary as Vikram Malhotra
- Vishal Malhotra as Jimmy Khanna
- Boman Irani as Veer Ahuja
- Rajpal Yadav as Ghokla Bhai
- Satish Shah as Satish Malhotra
- Zakir Hussain as Javed Quadri
Plagiarism charge
The director was served with a legal notice in 2009 by 20th Century Fox, which charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 production My Cousin Vinny. Chopra and the production company, Mumbai-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the film's release was to be delayed until June 2009 by order of the Bombay High Court.
A lawsuit was filed against BR Films by Twentieth Century Fox for copying their film without buying the rights.[5][6] Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; they had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.[7] Fox eventually accepted a $200,000 settlement from the film's producer,[8] although as of 2018, it has still yet to see a theatrical release.[9]
The Telegraph, listing a number of other Bollywood movies "inspired" by Hollywood blockbusters, noted that the case would "decide whether Indian filmmakers can continue to get their 'inspiration' with impunity, or buy rights the legal way."[5]
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