Fox settles plagiarism issue out of court
August 10, 2009

20th Century Fox, the Hollywood studio, has accused the Indian-based BR Films of plagiarism. It was brought to the notice of the Hollywood studio that BR Films is making a film titled Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai which is exactly similar to My Cousin Vinny. It is worth a mention here that My Cousin Vinny went on win the Oscar in the year 1992.

20th Century Fox filed a suit against BR Films claiming damages and ban on release of the movie. This issue was taken up for hearing at the Mumbai High Court. However, both the production houses have decided to settle the issue out of court with the BR Films agreeing to pay the compensation amount. It is not clear as to how much they paid to 20th Century Fox.

Sources say that BR Films had obtained permission to make a film based on My Cousin Vinny but 20th Century Fox claimed that it did not allow the production house to remake the film.

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