Ever since a sequel to J P Dutta’s Border 2 was announced, there has been a cloud of controversies surrounding it, so much so that Dutta during a conversation with this writer had said, “I think I made better films. But it is Border which has become my Aadhaar Card. The sequel has been in demand for many years. And now when we are doing it, everyone wants to hop on the bandwagon.”
Nidhi Dutta on Bharat Shah’s copyright claims over Border, “He is supposed to pay us the overflow that he hasn’t paid since 27 years”
A public notice put out by producer Bharat Shah claims that he has copyright privileges over J. P Dutta’s Border which was released in 1997 and its sequel which will take off later this year.
Speaking on the ongoing legal dispute, J.P Dutta’s daughter Nidhi Dutta, who is co-producing Border 2, said, “This is a sub judice matter. The honourable High Court has all the facts since years and has dismissed the case as in our favour… As per the deed of settlement which is in place by the association and Bharat Shah is first supposed to pay the overflow to us that he hasn’t paid since 27 years or given us one record of any of the films business till today which is why the settlement states we are not liable to him for anything only once he stands by his commitment and gives us our overflow pending since 27 years; then we can take this further. But he anyway has no part in Border 2.”
Border 2 will star Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh. It will be directed by Anurag Singh who has earlier directed the heart wrenching 1984 with Diljit.
Said Nidhi, “My father has seen Anurag Singh’s Kesari, and he feels Anurag is just the right director of Border 2.”
Also Read: 27 years of Border: J P Dutta reminisces, “Actors spent months on locations with no amenities, forget luxury hotels”
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