Delhi HC stays release of Sholay remake

 Sascha Sippy, director of the Sippy Films, claimed that the late G P Sippy's son Ajit Sippy who reportedly sold the copyrights to Varma, had no such rights himself to transfer the same to others.

Besides Varma, Justice Gita Mittal issued notices to the production house K Sera Sera, its managing director, P M Sanghvi and Ajit Sippy.

The suit was filed after it was reported that Verma had begun shooting film titled - Ram Gopal Varma Ki Sholay.

The suit said the use of names - Sholay and Gabbar Singh - by Varma also amounts to infringement of moral right as there was threat to destruction of original work.

He submitted that the script and screenplay of Sholay are original literary works, protected under Sections 14 and 51 of the Copyright Act of 1957.