The writer-director duo, Vihang Mehta
and Suresh Rajda, who rocked Gujarat
theatre (with hits starting from 'Chhinna' in 1979 to 'Flat No. 44'), for over two decades scripted a copyright
battle in Gujarati rangbhoomi. Mehta has alleged that he wrote the Gujarati
play 'Ame Janiye Chiye Tame Kaun Chho', which has been stolen by Rajda, who recently
staged the Gujarati play 'Dial Wrong Number', which according to Mehta, is an
unauthorized adaptation of his play 'Ame Janiye Chiye Tame Kaun Cho', constituting an infringement of copyright.
The additional
district judge (ADJ) of the Vadodara district court M V Zala has granted a
stay over adaptation of any of the 18 full-length plays and 10 one-act
plays penned by Mehta. The court has also granted an ex-parte interim injunction on
performance of 'Dial Wrong Number'.
The IP advocate Avadhoot Sumant of Satya Vidhi &
Company represented Mehta.
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