Chandi wins legal battle

Marathi film Chandi, based on Pu La Deshpande���������s most remembered Mhais, was engulfed in a copyright war between the film���������s producer Dnyaneshwar Govekar and another producer. The Supreme Court has ruled in the favour of Govekar. ���������Right from the time we took up this project, I failed to understand the intent of the ruckus. Pu La���������s stories belong to Maharashtra. Our intention was to take his work to the younger generation. So we approached Dinesh Thakur, the official right holders of the scripts and an heir to the family. We completed the formalities but then this individual (the other producer) objected saying he held the copyrights of the script. Had the other party approached me earlier, I would have loved to produce it together,��������� says Govekar.