We seek injunction against Raabta release: Allu Arvind

Chennai May 25 (IANS) Producer Allu Arvind of Geetha Arts on Thursday sought injunction against the release of Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Raabta which is slated to hit the screens on June 9 over copyright infringement.

Arvind claims the story of Raabta is very similar to his Telugu film Magadheera.

This is to inform to the large public that we Geetha Arts the original makers of Magadheeraa felt through various sources including the trailer and publicity material that the Hindi film Raabta is being remade violating the copyrights Arvind said in a statement.

He further added that they have approached a Hyderabad court seeking injunction against the film s release.

The Hyderabad civil court issued notice to Raabta producers and posted the matter for June 1 to decide whether Raabta should be permitted to release he said.

Directed by S.S. Rajamouli and starring Ram Charan Magadheera is the story of two estranged lovers meeting in another life.

Raabta directed by Dinesh Vijan also stars Kriti Sanon.

--IANS
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