India, July 8 -- Days after Kangana Ranaut announced that she had wrapped shooting for the 'sequel' to her 2014 box-office hit Queen, the film has been hit by a massive Rs.250 crore lawsuit. Phantom Studios, the makers of the original film, have moved the Bombay High Court, alleging that the film is being made without their consent.

Phantom Studios, which produced Queen, claimed in its lawsuit that when the 2014 hit was made, there was an agreement between the plaintiff and respondent (JioStar) that in future, if any sequel or prequel was to be made, then both parties would have 50% rights on it. Phantom Studios added that it had not consented to any sequels, adaptations or derivative works of the film.

The suit, filed against JioStar I...