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The Karnataka High Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Hindi film to continue screening. Playground By staying the temporary injunction granted by the Mysore Civil Court against the exhibition of the film in any language in any language including electronic, magnetic and over-the-top (OTT) media platforms.

Justice SR Krishna Kumar passed the interim order on a petition filed by Boney Kapoor of Bayview Projects Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, co-producer of the film with Zee Studios Ltd.

The order was issued by the Mysore court on April 8. The former part The temporary injunction against the film’s release came on a suit filed by Mysore-based scriptwriter CR Anil Kumar, who alleged copyright infringement by the film’s producers. Playground.

‘Already in theaters’

The urgent hearing petition was filed in the High Court on the morning of April 11, despite the court being closed for the Eid holidays, on the grounds that the Mysore court’s April 8 order granting the temporary injunction reached the petitioner at the last minute. was given April 10, By that time the film had already started its theatrical release worldwide as scheduled on April 10.

denying the plaintiff’s allegation that the film infringed his work title. PatgandogaThe petitioner has pleaded that Playgroundwhich depicts the life of a legendary football coach, Syed Abdul Rahim, is based on the research work of football journalist Navi Kapadia during 2017 specifically for the applicant’s film proposal and script and screenplay which The experts in this field had written through their contracts with the applicant. .

“Since the film is part of historical reality, no one is entitled to claim exclusive copyright in any way,” the petition claims, adding that though work on the film began in 2017, it I was delayed due to COVID-17. 19. Even though a lot of information about the making of the film was available in the public domain since 2019, the plaintiff approached the Mysore court on the eve of its release in a contemptuous manner merely to harass the producers, the petition alleged. was

Appearing for Mr. Kapur, senior advocate Sajan Povia argued that the order of temporary injunction is cryptic, invalid, unspoken and unreasonable, without any application of mind and against the principles of interim relief. The former part Temporary injunction’ as contemplated under the Code of Civil Procedure.

The petition contended that no material was placed on record in the suit to remotely establish the alleged infringement of copyright.

The plaintiff claimed that he filed his story in 2019 and came to know about it. Playground After recently watching the trailer of the movie based on his story.

Actor Ajay Devgan plays the lead role as a football coach in the film, which depicts the golden era of Indian football in the 1950s and early 60s under coach Rahim.