Archie, inc. has accused Anup Jalota and Chaitannyaswami, producers of Boys toh boys hai(Boys are Boys) of plagiarism. The producers will be made to pay up 1.5 million dollars or 7 crore Rupees to Archie if they are found guilty.
“We have received a legal notice from Archie. They read in the media that our film is inspired by the comic series. They feel that all characters are inspired, and that we have only changed Riverdale to Delhi University. We have replied to the notice, clarifying that the film is definitely not a copy, and that we’d be happy to show it to them,” says Vikramaditya Narayan, the film’s project director. Producer Chaitannyaswami says, “Our film is about youngsters and their colourful life. We never made any statement, which suggested that the film is inspired from Archie comics. One of my actors may have said in an interview that the film has a feel similar to Archie, but never that the film is based on it.”
Officials from Archie will watch the movie in Mumbai later this month and come to a final decision.
BobIketsuUzumaki: They did gloriously state that their movie was based on Archie. Obvious promotional gimmick, but they should have thought of the consequences. Well, Bollywood is known for ripping off foreign stuff without acquiring the rights.
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