The Karnataka High Court noted that the filmmaker is alleging that the movie is based on his script ‘D Saheb’.

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a filmmaker’s plea alleging that the movie Dhurandhar 2 was plagiarised from his script ‘D Saheb’ , holding that the Central Board of Film Certification ( CBFC ) is not responsible for investigating claims of script theft before issuing a certificate.

Justice K S Hemalekha was hearing the plea of Santosh Kumar, who was seeking directions to the CBFC to cancel the certificate granted for the screening of the Ranveer- Sara starred film.

He further prayed to restrain the Dhurandhar 2 screening across platforms, alleging that the said movie is a plagiarised version of his original script.

“There is no statutory duty for the board (CBFC) to investigate allegations of script theft before issuing a certificate,” the April 22 order read.

Justice K S Hemalekha pointed out that the body that manages film certification in India is commonly known as the Censor…