Yashraj Films to Sue Scriptwriter for New York Charges
July 1st, 2009 - 7:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
By Subhash K Jha
It looks like Suchita Bhatia who has leveled charges of plagiarism against the makers of New York is in trouble.
Yashraj Films the producers of New York have decided to take legal action against Bhatia for alleging that the script which was made into New York was originally suggested to Yashraj three years ago by Bhatia.
Confirming these developments New York writer Kabir Khan says, “This is really unfortunate. I wonder which cave this girl was living in so far to suddenly wake up five days after our film released to realize that New York is about three friends against a 9/11 backdrop.”
Kabir sees this as nothing but opportunistic timing. “It’s a great method of getting her 15 minutes of fame. Yes, we’re planning to sue her and make an example of this sort of post-success harassment that filmmakers go through…”
The director is very angry. “Why does one have to keep fighting to protect one’s integrity? By suing this girl I hope to discourage such frivolous charges in the future.” -Sampurn Media
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