New Delhi, June 13 -- Battle of Legacy, a film that the actor's legal team describes as a gross violation of his personality and publicity rights. The court has issued notice to the film's producer Amit Jani, director Bharat S Shrinate and others, with the next hearing scheduled for June 19.

The dispute centres on a first-look poster released on May 29 that depicted a man holding a rifle and wearing a bracelet closely resembling the blue Firoza bracelet that has become one of Khan's most recognisable personal trademarks. Khan's counsel argued that the character's styling, posture and accessories were designed to evoke the superstar's public image without authorisation, amounting to what the legal notice called a "defamatory, prejudicial ...