Bollywood filmmaker Aanand L. Rai has finally spoken about the lawsuit that is affecting his production house, Color Yellow Productions. This lawsuit is about an amount of money, ₹84 crore. The problem is about the rights to the movie Raanjhanaa, which Aanand L. Rai made in 2013. A lot of people in the movie industry are talking about this lawsuit and the fight over the rights to Raanjhanaa.. Aanand L. Rai does not seem to be too worried about it. He appears to be very calm about the situation with Raanjhanaa and the lawsuit, against Color Yellow Productions.
The director talked to the press at an event and was very honest about the claim that a lot of people find hard to believe. The director said that now people are suing each other a lot so it is not surprising that there are many lawsuits that are not really, about anything important. The director thinks that this is just what happens when people are so quick to go to court and that these kinds of lawsuits are pretty normal now. The director called this “litigation fever”. Said that sensationalist lawsuits are just what we expect to see.
The ₹84 Crore Headache
The problem started when someone took the movie people to court. They said that the people who made the movie Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor starrer did something with the intellectual property rights. The court is still looking at the details of the fight over the contract.. The really big amount of money they are asking for, which is ₹84 crore has surprised a lot of people in the movie business in Mumbai. The movie Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor starrer is still, in the middle of all this.
When people asked Rai about the case he sounded really tired of it. “These days people can say whatever they want and file a case for anything ” Rai said. “We totally believe in the system but cases like this often seem like they are meant to make big news stories rather than actually get justice. The legal process is what matters to us and we have faith in it but these kinds of claims they just seem like they are all, about getting attention.”
Why Raanjhanaa, and Why Now?
Raanjhanaa is a deal in Rais career because it was the first Hindi movie that South superstar Dhanush was in. People who know what is going on in the industry think that the lawsuit did not happen at this time by chance. There are rumors that Raanjhanaa might have spin-offs or be on the internet, in some way or maybe even have a kind of sequel made by Color Yellow. So Raanjhanaa is important again. People want a part of it.
A movie becomes really famous and people start fighting over who came up with the ideas years says a veteran trade analyst. The amount of eighty four crore rupees is meant to stop the production or make the other person agree to a settlement. Rai does not look like a man who is ready to pay this amount of money.
The “Color Yellow” Strategy
Color Yellow Productions is really growing fast. They used to make movies about people who live in towns and fall in love. Now they are making thrillers and things for the internet. Lawyers think that if people keep talking about this in court it will be a deal for Color Yellow Productions and, for Bollywood. It will help people figure out how much stories and characters are worth. This is important because a lot of movies are being used to make new things and people want to make money from them. Color Yellow Productions is making a lot of changes. It will be interesting to see what happens with Color Yellow Productions.
For now, Rai’s team is focusing on “business as usual.” The director’s legal counsel is expected to file a formal response later this month, likely seeking a dismissal of the suit on the grounds of being “frivolous and vexatious.”