If all goes per plan, the pornographic cartoon character Savita Bhabhi will soon be made into a film. In the meantime, its makers are taking legal action against Mastram producer Sunil Bohra over alleged copyright infringement.
<img title="Savita Bhabhi is a popular pornographic cartoon character in India" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/jun/Savita-Bhabhi.jpg" alt="Savita Bhabhi is a popular pornographic cartoon character in India" /> 'Savita Bhabhi' is a popular pornographic cartoon character in India
Says a source, &ldquo;In the film 'Mastram', there is a character called Savita, and her role shares many similarities with the 'Savita Bhabhi'. This is a clear case of copyright violation.&rdquo;
<img title="A poster of the film, Mastram" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/jun/Mastram.jpg" alt="A poster of the film, Mastram" /> A poster of the film, Mastram
Nitin Gupta, producer of the film, 'Savita Bhabhi', says, &ldquo;The character of 'Savita Bhabhi' was created in 2002 in UK and soon after, the comic strip was banned in India. Yet it is a character that enjoys a huge fan following in India. We now own the rights to make a Hindi film based on Savita Bhabhi; we bagged the rights in December last year.&rdquo;
Gupta recounts that Mastram&rsquo;s producer Sunil Bohra had called him earlier as he wished to own the rights to the character. &ldquo;I told him that we didn&rsquo;t wish to do so. Yet he has chosen to go ahead and feature a character called Savita in his film. This is a violation of copyrights; we want him to take off this character from his film,&rdquo; says Gupta.
He adds that the UK-based creators and copyright owners of 'Savita Bhabhi' (Media Farm Limited) have sent a legal notice regarding this to the Bohra brothers. &ldquo;It has been sent on behalf of Media Farm Limited and my production house,&rdquo; he says.
When contacted, Sunil Bohra said, &ldquo;I have not received any legal notice as of now; if he wishes to send me one, I know how to handle it. This is just a publicity stunt, as I own the film title, Savita Bhabhi. In fact, I had it registered with IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association) more than two years ago. Savita is just a character in this film.&rdquo;

Producers of the film, 'Savita Bhabhi', have sent a legal notice to 'Mastram' makers over copyright infringement

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