Violation of Copyrights: Legal Notice issued to makers of ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’
The makers of film ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ have been issued legal notice for producing the film without taking the permission. Son of the original blockbuster ‘Maula Jutt’ producer, Muttaqi Sarwar has sent the notice. He said:
“Right after the release of ‘Waar,’ its director Bilal Lashari announced that he was going to make ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’, and my father, who had made ‘Maula Jatt’, told us that since we owned the trademark and the intellectual copyright, Lashari cannot use it without purchasing the rights from us. The other option was to coproduce.”
“The tribunal had restrained Lashari and the producers from using the title, characters and dialogues, adding that the case was still pending. They also filed a case with the Federal Investigation Agency against the team of the new film, and an inquiry was ongoing.” He added.
Contempt notices was issued to the producer Ammara Hikmat, director Bilal Lashari, writer Nasir Adeeb, the star cast of the new film, the information secretary and chairmen of all censor boards.
“I sent warning notices to everyone associated with the film, including the lead actors, to distance themselves from the project since it was under trial, but none of them listened,” claimed Muttaqi.
