4th Idiot Controversy
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the producer of the super-hit film “3 Idiots” served notice for copyright violation on the makers of animation film “The 4th Idiot”. The notice was served on the “The 4th Idiot” producer and director Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury while the 35-minute film - dealing with memory enhancement techniques - was being screened for students of the local City Montessori Schools
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According to the notice, the makers of the animation film “have used the name of our movie, its story (including scenario, screenplay, dialogues, etc) characters for publicizing and promoting the film”. It asked them to “immediately cease and desist, from advertising, promoting and/or publicising your movie ‘The 4th Idiot’ and in any event using the name of our movie ‘3 Idiots’ its story (including scenario, screenplay, dialogues, etc) characters in any form/manner through any media/medium for any reason whatsoever”.