SpicyIP Tidbit: Update on Zanjeer and Bombay Talkies

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The copyright dispute between authors Salim Khan/Javed Akhtar and producers Sumeet/Puneet Mehra and Ors. (defendants) over the remake of Zanjeer progresses with the defendants giving an undertaking to the Bombay High Court, on May 3, 2013, stating that the remade Zanjeer will not be released before 30/6/13. 

Meanwhile, as reported here, another scriptwriter appealed to the Bombay High Court claiming that one of the directors of the film Bombay Talkies had stolen his story. He asked the court to stay the release of the film. However, the court on May 3, 2013, dismissed his plea.