Anurag Kashyap and Pritish Nandy fight over the title of ‘Womaniya’

Recently, Anurag Kashyap announced that ‘Womaniya’ will go on floors on February 10 this year. Directed by debutant Tushar Hiranandani, the movie stars Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar. As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, Anurag Kashyap is having a fight with producer Pritish Nandy due to the title that is registered with Pritish Nandy Communications.

The source said, “It was only when the makers announced the film that this came to light and when they went to officially register the title, it was brought to their notice that the title was already registered with PNC (Pritish Nandy Communications).” The source said that Anurag has coined the term ‘Womaniya’ and he has the Intellectual Property Rights of it but Mr. Nandy has registered it by his name.

When Mirror asked Anurag about this, he said, “I don’t even know if it’s legal to do this. It’s like encroaching on someone’s property, then asking for an obscene amount of money to get off it. We have been politely requesting Nandy for the title for a very long time and have even consulted lawyers on the matter. We’ve been told that no one can hoard a title. But to get a censor certificate, the producers’ association has to register the title which makes the law contradictory. It’s strange that I have to fight for a word that we coined and brought into usage.”

While responding to this, Nandy said the title is owned by Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd and he has registered this title with IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association), a trade body. “PNC also has registered the title with the Trade Mark registry, Govt of India. Both IMPPA and FMC (Film Makers Combine) have written to Anurag Kashyap several times asking him not to use the title Womaniya illegally since its owned by PNC,” said Nandy.

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