FIR filed against Kangana Ranaut and others in Manikarnika: The Legend of Didda copyright row

After the success of Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, Kangana Ranaut had announced its sequel Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda in Janaury this year. Soon after the announcement, author Ashish Kaul had accused Kangana of violating his copyrights.

Kaul has written Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir and based on his complaint Mumbai Police has now registered an FIR against actor Kangana, her siblings Rangoli Chandel and Akshat Ranaut, and producer Kamal Kumar Jain. Read on to know the details.

Earlier according to a Times of India report, Kaul had revealed that he had approached Kangana last year in September to write a foreword for the Hindi version of his book. However, neither Kangana nor her sister and manager Rangoli Chandel replied to his request. So when Kangana announced the film without Kaul’s knowledge he accused her of copyright violation. The author claims he has the sole copyrights to the life story of Didda.

Now according to a report by LiveLaw, based on Kaul’s complaint, on March 9 the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Bandra ordered the city police to file an FIR against Kangana. The Khar police station has now registered an FIR under 156 (3) CrPC against Ranaut and others.

 

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Reacting to the FIR, Kangana’s advocate Rizwan Siddiquee told Indian Express, “I shall obtain a copy of the entire proceedings from the court and then I shall give a detailed statement. At this juncture I cannot comment without perusing the complaint in detail.”

 

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