Will not start ‘Drishyam 2’ shooting, creation house tells HC

Creation house Scene Studios Worldwide, which had gained the Hindi revamp privileges of the Malayalam hit film ‘Drishyam 2’, guaranteed Bombay High Court it would not start shooting till the copyright suit recorded against it is forthcoming. Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd had a week ago moved toward HC looking for a request controlling Display Studios Worldwide from delivering any continuation of the film in Hindi.

Viacom, in its suit, affirmed encroachment of their copyright and looked for acknowledgment and arbitration of copyright and different rights in the creation of the spin-off in the ‘Drishyam establishment’, which remembers a film for continuation from the past story.

Viacom likewise documented an application looking for between time help via directive which was heard by Equity Gautam Patel on Wednesday.

“The assertion is that the litigants (Scene) won’t themselves or through some other individual with whom they may have an agreement or game plan, start shooting of the film being referred to for example a continuation of the film Drishyam,” the request said.

The creation house additionally acknowledges that in the event that they take up any preliminary work, like building up a treatment, content, screenplay or exchange, this will be at their own danger and that they won’t be qualified for guarantee any values on that premise later on, the HC further noted.

The court posted the suit for additional conference on June 18.

Viacom, in its suit, said it had executed a Change Rights Concurrence with Wide Point Manifestations and Raj Kumar Theaters Pvt Ltd by which it had copyright to create new movies by adjusting the film ‘Drishyam’.

In 2017, Scene Studios moved toward Viacom trying to create the prequel or continuation of the film, however the proposition didn’t work out because of conflict over terms.

Afterward, Viacom learnt Display had gained the rights to revamp the continuation of the film, after which it moved toward HC.