The title of a Bollywood film has prompted a lawsuit from the studio that brought the J.K. Rowling books to the screen. From The Times:
One of Bollywood’s most eagerly awaited films has been dragged into a fierce legal battle, amid allegations that it owes just a little too much to a certain boy wizard.
The Bombay-based producer of Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors is being sued by Warner Bros, the Hollywood studio behind the hugely successful Harry Potter franchise. Hari, the lawsuit alleges, is too close to J.K.Rowling’s Harry for comfort.
The Hindi-language children’s film, which was shot entirely on the Yorkshire Dales in 2006 and 2007 on a budget of £2 million, tells the story of Hari Prasad Dhoonda, a hapless ten-year-old Punjabi loner who is nicknamed Hari Puttar and moves to Britain.
