Shweta Tiwari is finally returning to TV but it seems that the troubles have found her show just a week before it’s release. Upcoming show Mere dad ki dulhan starring Shweta Tiwari, Varun Badola and Anjali Ratrari, is about to premier next week but things seem quiet dicey as of now.
As per a report of Bombay Times, Bollywood actress and Punjabi film producer, Preeti Sapru, has filed a case in the Bombay High Court against the show’s producers, Tony and Deeya Singh, over the show’s concept. She alleges that her Punjabi film ‘Teri Meri Gal Ban Gayi’, too, revolves around father-daughter relationship and how the daughter gets her father remarried, which is excatly what will be shown in Mere Dad ki Dulhan.
In a statement to BT, her lawyer said,”My client had registered the script with IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association) and The Screenwriters Association in 2017. Before filing the lawsuit, when we raised this issue with IMPPA, the makers of the show did not come up with any clarification and therefore, we had to go to court for infringement of copyright. We are hoping for some interim relief before the release date of the show.”
Deeya Singh, producer of Mere Dad ki Dulhan said,“We had narrated the show to the channel in 2017, and we have mails to prove it. We had thought of the idea and shared it as well before Preeti registered it. Also, there is a common misconception that copyright is applicable only after registration, whereas merely creating the work is enough for that. We don’t know Preeti at all,” she says., adding, “We have a letter from SWA saying that we were going to reply, but before we could respond, Preeti went to court.”