Writer approaches police case against makers of 'Housefull 3'
Writer-cum-lyricist Farooq Barelvi today lodged a police complaint accusing the directors and the producer of upcoming Bollywood movie “ Housefull 3” of ‘stealing’ his script. The complaint was filed at Versova police station against the director duo Sajid-Farhad, producer Sajid Nadiadwala and others under the Copyright Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Barelvi claimed that he had registered a script by the name of “Tigdambaz” with the Associations of Writers in 2009 and had narrated it to actor Akhshay Kumar and his make-up man Narendra Kushwala. He claimed that the script was liked by Kushwala who had promised to make a movie involving Akshay. “I find that ‘Housefull3’ is based on my literary work and same has been produced by Nadiadwala. Hence I accused them of stealing my script under the Copyright Act,” Barelvi said. When contacted, a senior police officer attached to the police station said, “We have received a written complaint from Barelvi, b...