Delhi HC refuses to halt release of movie Doosra
New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to stay the release of the Abhinay Deo-directed sports drama Doosra: India's Other Freedom Struggle, slated to hit theatres on Friday. "I have said no stay, so the film can go on," said justice Dinesh Bhatt, while hearing a petition by former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly and Luv Films LLP to restrain the release of the film, citing exploitation of the former's life events, particularly his captaincy in the NatWest cricket series final and his shirtless celebration at Lord's.
The suit alleged that the film amounted to the unauthorised commercial exploitation of Ganguly's personality rights and infringed Luv Films' exclusive contractual rights over his proposed biopic. Senior advocate Balbir Singh, representing the petitioners, submitted that Ganguly entered into an agreement with Luv Films on August 5, 2021, granting them exclusive rights to develop, produce and commercially exploit audiovisual content, including a biopic.
Deo's lawyer Saurabh Kirpal argued the movie was not a biopic of Ganguly, but the story of a girl who drew inspiration from him. He submitted that Ganguly had no rights over the NatWest footage and the filmmakers obtained a licence from BCCI....
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