Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai
{{short description|Unreleased film by Ravi Chopra}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai
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| director = Ravi Chopra
| producer = Ravi Chopra
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| based_on = {{based on|My Cousin Vinny}}
| starring = Govinda
Tabu
Lara Dutta
Boman Irani
| music = Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
| cinematography = Barun Mukherjee
| editing = Akiv Ali
| studio = BR Films
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai ({{translation|This guy is cool}}) is an unreleased Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Ravi Chopra, starring Govinda, Tabu,{{Cite news |last=Vyas |first=Hetal |date=16 June 2009 |title=Ravi Chopra's film in legal trouble |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Ravi-Chopras-film-in-legal-trouble/articleshow/4661068.cms |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films |archive-date=11 August 2011}} Lara Dutta,{{Cite news |last=Prabhakarp |first=Jyothi |date=20 February 2010 |title=I'm single, by choice: Tabu |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-single-by-choice-Tabu/articleshow/5592513.cms |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema |archive-date=11 August 2011}} and Boman Irani.{{Cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=29 April 2009 |title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai in deep trouble |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145538/https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=20 February 2010 |website=Oneindia}} It is a remake of the American film My Cousin Vinny (1992).{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/no-ripoffs-please/cid/623609 | title=No ripoffs, please | access-date=25 December 2023 | archive-date=3 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603152711/https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/no-ripoffs-please/cid/623609 | url-status=live }}
Cast
- Govinda as Raj Ahuja
- Tabu as Suman
- Lara Dutta as Naina
- Ashish Chaudhary as Jimmy Malhotra
- Vishal Malhotra as Virendra
- Boman Irani as Veer Ahuja
- Rajpal Yadav as Naurangilal
- Satish Shah as Satish Malhotra
- Zakir Hussain as Ashraf Iqbal
Plagiarism charge
The director was served with a legal notice in 2009 by 20th Century Fox, which charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 film My Cousin Vinny. Chopra and the production company, Mumbai-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the film's release was to be delayed until June 2009{{Cite news |date=21 May 2009 |title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai: stuck in copyright row, release on hold for multiplex stir |work=The Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145540/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ |archive-date=9 February 2021}} by order of the Bombay High Court.
A lawsuit was filed against BR Films by 20th Century Fox for copying their film without buying the rights.{{Cite news |last=Pradhan |first=Bharathi S. |date=19 July 2009 |title=Goodbye to copy cat days |work=The Telegraph (India) |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp |url-status=dead |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111046/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp |archive-date=13 December 2013}} Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; they had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.{{Cite news |date=8 August 2009 |title=B R Films settles plagiarism charges with Fox |work=The Indian Express |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/B-R-Films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-Fox/499691/ |url-status=dead |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203065039/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/b-r-films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-fox/499691/ |archive-date=3 December 2012}} Fox eventually accepted a $200,000 settlement from the film's producer,{{Cite news |last=Wax |first=Emily |date=29 August 2009 |title=Hollywood Finally Challenging India's Booming Bollywood Over Knockoffs |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html |archive-date=9 February 2021}} although since the death of director Ravi Chopra in 2014, it has not seen a theatrical release.{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Sumeysh |date=28 March 2018 |title='Raabta', 'Partner', 'Kaante': How Bollywood has dealt with plagiarism cases |url=https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145712/https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=30 April 2018 |website=Scroll.in}}{{Cite web |date=5 November 2020 |title=After It's My Life, 15 More Delayed Films That Deserve a TV or OTT Release! |url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145559/https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=ZEE5}}
The Telegraph, listing a number of other Bollywood movies "inspired" by Hollywood blockbusters, noted that the case would "decide whether Indian filmmakers can continue to get their 'inspiration' with impunity, or buy rights the legal way."
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|13687380}}
Category:Films involved in plagiarism controversies
Category:Indian remakes of American films
Category:Unreleased Hindi-language films
Category:Foreign films set in the United States
Category:Works subject to a lawsuit
Category:Indian intellectual property law
Category:Unofficial film adaptations