Kareena Eugene
Today, in the Delhi High Court, a single-Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued a notice on a petition, by late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father, seeking ban on the release of any kind of movie based on the actor’s life.
The petition states that in the light of recent news articles and publications in regards to movies and other ventures depicting his personal life, name, image, caricature, lifestyle or likeness in the form of biopic or story will be violation to the ‘right to privacy’.
It contends that, “any such publication, production, or depiction of the private life of the late actor is a blatant and wilful breach of the fundamental right to privacy which includes right to publicity”.
The petitioner, Sushant Singh Rajput’s father had moved the petition based on news reports on movies titles ‘Nyay: The Justice’, ‘Suicide or murder: A Star was lost’, and ‘Shashank’ which allegedly depicts Sushant’s life.
Singh, in the petition states that, the mentioned cannot be undertaken without the prior approval of his legal heir, that is, Sushant’s own approval.
Singh also apprehends that the biopic has been launched in a very “orchestrated manner” by close confidants of the persons accused in the abatement of his suicide case to influence the pending investigations.
Singh also stated that any misuse/use of Sushant’s name, image, caricature, lifestyle or information from his personal life will amount to infringement of his “personal right”.
He claimed that the aforementioned movies will interfere with the investigation of the case.
Singh has prayed for an order to restrain the defendants from using, advertising or making reference to Sushant’s name, caricature, lifestyle or likeness, in any manner, in upcoming projects/films.
