By Hindustan Times
Prakash Mehra's sons are amused by the truth that Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar are planning to file a legal complaint at the basis of a proposed copyright law, that is yet to be implemented, reports Mumbai Mirror.
"We have remained quiet till now just because Salim saab and Javed saab are veterans. However the way they've been happening about my father is completely unjustified. They've said that our production house made plenty of money from Zanjeer. As though my father didn't have any role within the film's success. That too being the director. They make things sound as though we made money but didn't pay them,” Puneet told Mumbai Mirror.
"Have they forgotten that no less than three top heroes refused Zanjeer at the basis of its script - Dharmendra, Dev Anand and Rajkumar? Yet my father stood by them. Though they never worked with my father after Zanjeer, its unlike we stopped making blockbusters,” he said.
"I am really amused by the truth that they're talking at the basis of a proposed copyright law, that is yet to be implemented. Or even if it gets implemented, it might come into play from that day. Zanjeer 2.0 has already gone on floors. So what's the noise all about?" He added.
As the remake of 1973 film Zanjeer reels under copyright issues, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar of the duo Salim-Javed, who wrote the unique movie, hopes to solve the issue amicably.
"We have sent them a notice but we actually hope they'll solve it. We are hoping the issue might be solved amicably and we will sit around the table and judge. If not, then we will be able to need to take another step," Akhtar told reporters.
Akhtar is miffed after the makers decided to start shooting for the remake without getting the go-ahead from Salim and Javed. He says the producer doesn't have the fitting to make the film in other language.
"Yes, he (Amit Mehra) had the best to make the film, but he didn't have the best to remake the film. He didn't have the precise to make the film in other language. And now that they're remaking it in Telugu and Hindi, they need to take permission from us," said Akhtar.
"Besides that, they're making sure changes within the script. We haven't surrendered our moral rights to the producer, we've got never done so. So, they can't make it without our permission," he added.
