Mar 182018
 

Novelist Rupnarayan Sonkar had filed a police complaint in 2016 accusing Rakesh Roshan of copyright violation and claimed that some scenes of the movie were based on his novel Suardaan

Rakesh Roshan
Rakesh Roshan

The Supreme Court has directed a Dehradun-based novelist to give a reasonable offer to film director Rakesh Roshan for settling a case related to alleged copyright violation in the 2013 Bollywood blockbuster Krrish 3.

Novelist Rupnarayan Sonkar had filed a police complaint in 2016 accusing Roshan of copyright violation and claimed that some scenes of the movie were based on his novel Suardaan.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Roshan as to why he does not pay the amount and finish the case against him in which charge sheet has been filed.

Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who is appearing for Roshan, said that he has not got any offer for settlement from the novelist side.

“First let the offer be made from the other side. If it is reasonable we would certainly look into it,” Jethmalani said.

The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, listed the matter for April 9 to enable the novelist to furnish a proposal to Roshan’a counsel.

“We expect that the respondent No 3 (Sonkar) shall put forth his claim which would be reasonable so that the petitioner (Roshan) can be asked to accept the same,” the bench said.

It, however, clarified that the present order has been passed without prejudice to the points raised in the petition.

Roshan had moved the apex court against an Uttarakhand High Court order of July 20 last year which dismissed his plea seeking stay on his arrest in a case of alleged copyright violation.

The high court rejected his plea on the ground that a charge sheet had already been filed against him in the case.

Sonkar had claimed that his novel was published in 2010 and hence, the case was filed against Roshan.

In the charge sheet, Roshan has been accused of plagiarising portions of a story written by Sonkar and using it in Krrish 3.

An FIR was registered at the Dalanwala police station of Uttarakhand in 2016 on the complaint of Sonkar, who had accused Roshan of copyright violation.

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Aug 312017
 

rakesh-and-hrithik-roshanActress Kangana Ranaut, who got involved in a legal battle with Hrithik Roshan last year, says their fight is still not over as she deserves an apology from the actor and his father Rakesh Roshan.

Kangana opened up on the controversy once again on CNN-News18’s show “Now Showing”, read a statement by the channel.

The actress says the senior Roshan had tried to fix a meeting between her and Hrithik, but that is yet to happen.

“I’m still waiting to meet him face-to-face and exchange two words on this and sort this out, but he’s been running and hiding from me,” Kangana said.

“He (Hrithik) and his father have made fools of themselves, they should apologise to me in public. Even if they don’t, I will clarify to the world what happened to the case. The case has not died down. They couldn’t prove anything,” she added.

Issues between the two began when Kangana hinted at Hrithik being her “ex-boyfriend” when she said in an interview that she fails to understand “why exes do silly things to get your attention”. The actress lodged a legal complaint against Hrithik for “misusing” the confidential emails and photographs of the time when they were together.

Hrithik later filed a complaint with the cybercrime cell, claiming an imposter had been emailing Kangana from a bogus email ID, pretending to be him.

“For me it’s important that he (Hrithik) claimed many things, but couldn’t prove anything. You can’t go about slapping notices on people. He had been preparing all this for two years. He used to send himself emails from my account because he had my password,” Kangana said.

“I stayed quiet till now because I needed time to understand what all they (Roshan family) were doing… Of course it was all lies, but I didn’t know what they would do next. I was scared. Look at what happened to the Malayalam actress because she went and complained to the actor’s wife.

“They got her raped… Of course that was much after my case, but I was scared. So many things happen to women. The media would call me, or my sister and say, ‘You are not safe… You guys should move to a safe place or go in hiding’.”

Without naming anyone, Kangana said she used to get calls from people from the industry who told her, “You should apologise, they are powerful people.”

“He (Hrithik) and his father claimed they would expose me and shock the world, but they couldn’t prove anything. He (Hrithik) slapped a notice saying she caused great harm to my reputation because she called me a ‘silly ex’… I am the silly ex. But, he couldn’t prove it. So, he changed his stance and said… She’s right, she had an affair, but that wasn’t me, it was an imposter. But, he couldn’t prove that also,” Kangana said.

The show featuring the “Queen” actress will be aired later on Thursday.

Aug 182017
 

Akshay-RakeshA lot has been spoken about Akshay Kumar making fun of neighbour Hrithik Roshan’s two thumbs in his latest release Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. But it is learnt the Khiladi had kept Duggu in the loop about the scene.

Now we hear Hrithik’s dad Rakesh Roshan has loved the film. Roshan Sr has a habit of calling up the actor and the director when he likes their movie. After watching Toilet, he called the Khiladi.

As he was travelling, he was unable to take the call. So Roshan Sr phoned director Shree Narayan Singh and heaped praises on him. As for Hrithik’s two thumbs joke, he feels it is all in good humour and should not be taken seriously.

Aug 182017
 

Akshay Kumar and Rakesh RoshanAkshay Kumar and Rakesh Roshan

A lot has been spoken about Akshay Kumar making fun of neighbour Hrithik Roshan’s two thumbs in his latest release Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. But it is learnt the Khiladi had kept Duggu in the loop about the scene.

Now we hear Hrithik’s dad Rakesh Roshan has loved the film. Roshan Sr has a habit of calling up the actor and the director when he likes their movie. After watching Toilet, he called the Khiladi.

As he was travelling, he was unable to take the call. So Roshan Sr phoned director Shree Narayan Singh and heaped praises on him. As for Hrithik’s two thumbs joke, he feels it is all in good humour and should not be taken seriously.

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