Published 16:59 IST, November 20th 2020
Madhur Bhandarkar files complaint against Karan Johar for misusing title 'Bollywood Wives'
Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar files a complaint in IMPPA against Karan Johar's Dharma Productions for misusing his title 'Bollywood Wives'. Read —
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Director Mhur Bhandarkar on Friday filed a complaint in Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) against Karan Johar's Dharma Productions for misusing his title 'Bollywood Wives' for his Netflix show. "We wish to inform you that we are having approved title 'Bollywood Wives' for feature film/web series/short film. We have come to kw that your member Dharma Productions are using a similar title with a tagline ' Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives' illegally and without any authorisation. use of similar title is an infringement of rights of original holder," Bhandarkar sent a letter to IMPPA along with Guild and Netflix.
IMPPA took immediate action and wrote to Guild, to which y responded that y have t registered said title in favour of Dharma Productions. As a result, IMPPA n sent a letter to Dharma Productions to submit ir reply on matter immediately and change title with immediate effect. letter is also marked to Netflix.
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series that is set to stream from vember 27 on Netflix — 'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives' revolves around lives of four ‘star’ wives – Seema Khan (wife of Sohail Khan), Maheep Kapoor (wife of Sanjay Kapoor), Bhavana Pandey (wife of Chunky Panday) and Neelam Kothari Soni (wife of Samir Soni).
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16:59 IST, November 20th 2020