NO STAY ON DON 2

Don 2 The king is backRitesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar and Shah Rukh Khan have heaved a sigh of relief following the High Court decision to deny the stay on ‘Don2’. The suit, filed by Nariman Films and the Irani family (the makers of original 1978 film 'Don'), starring Amitabh Bachchan, had alleged that the new 'Don 2' had violated the copyrights by adopting the ‘Don's signature tune, songs of the original 'Don' and also copying its script, characters and music without any prior intimation. Besides, it was also alleged that the rights of the said script were given only for the remake and not for the sequel. However, Justice S. F. Vajifdar of the Bombay High Court denied the stay on the release of the film, citing the absence of theatre owners at the hearing and also taking into consideration the release dates of the film (December 21 overseas and December 23 in India), for which advance booking is already underway.