Finally someone buys legal copyright from Hollywood

Finally someone buys legal copyright from Hollywood
Friday, March 07, 2008 11:24 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Even as Bollywood producers continue to remake, rip off, adapt and modify films from foreign sources, producer-director Ravi Chopra is at peace for having lawfully purchased the rights of Jonathan Lynn's 1992 courtroom drama 'My Cousin Vinny'.

Chopra's film is titled 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' and stars Govinda, Lara Dutta, Tabu and Boman Irani.

'The film hardly looks like 'My Cousin Vinny'. And still, we went out of our way to acquire the original's rights. I'd advise other Bollywood directors to do the same before remaking a film. All it cost us is one percent of the total budget of the original film. And then no one points a finger at you,' Chopra told.

''Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' is now almost complete. And we haven't retained too much of the original idea except the thought of young boys getting into legal trouble and being bailed out by a benevolent lawyer. The rest is all ours,' he added.

One of the major changes introduced into 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' is a love triangle among Govinda, Lara Dutta and Tabu.

'Tabu's character was never there in the original. We wrote her into the courtroom drama as a public prosecutor who falls for defence lawyer Govinda.

'What we really liked about this story was its social relevance. 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' questions the loopholes in the legal system. It also shows how any man, no matter how humble his background, can rise in life provided he's willing to persevere.

'Govinda plays a guy who climbs out of his backward background to become a lawyer. Our banner B.R. Films has always been associated with socially relevant films.

We addressed ourselves to the rehabilitation of prostitutes in 'Sadhana' in 1958 and to widow rehabilitation in 'Babul' in 2006. 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' continues our tradition.'
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