Fox bosses filed the lawsuit at India’s Bombay High Court in May (09), claiming officials at BR Films produced an illegal remake of the Oscar-winning 1992 film.
The legal papers stated that permission had been granted to make a picture based on the idea of the U.S. version – but rights for a Hindi-language remake had not been approved.
Fox claimed Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai, which translates as This Guy is Fearless, was almost identical to My Cousin Vinny’s storyline.
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BR bosses had denied the allegations, but both companies have “now succeeded in amicably resolving the case” in an out-of-court settlement.
It is the first time a Bollywood studio has been forced to pay out for borrowing ideas from Hollywood movies.
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