A legal dispute over the distribution and copyright of the hit comedy Dhamaal has landed director Indra Kumar and producer Ashok Thakeria in the middle of an alleged Rs 1.50 crore fraud case. An FIR was registered against the duo on August 17 following a complaint by Vikas Baldevraj Sahni, the owner of Mumbai-based film distribution company Grand Master.

Dhamaal rights dispute

According to NDTV, the complaint entailed that Sahni's company entered into an agreement with Maruti International, associated with Thakeria, on October 15, 2019. The deal allegedly involved the worldwide distribution, digital rights and copyrights of Dhamaal, the 2007 comedy starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Jaaved Jaaferi and Riteish Deshmukh, for Rs 1.50 crore.