SunstarTV Bureau: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Fan’ was released in the year 2016. However, king khan’s expectations from fans did not set a milestone as well failed to gather good responses. Now this film has again came to fore. In fact, in the same year, a woman named Afreen Fatima Zaidi filed a case against the entire team of film ‘Fan’ Shah Rukh Khan, director Maneesh Sharma and filmmaker Aditya Chopra in the consumer court. He had demanded the removal of the song from the film.
The Supreme Court asked the production house that why it had marketed the film with the song. Whereas it was edited from the final film, that is, the song is not present in the film. Along with this, the court has asked the production house to pay Rs 15,000 to the complainant.
What is the matter?
Actually, Afreen Fatima Zaidi is a teacher and she saw the song Jabra Fan in the promos of the film. After this, when she went to see the film, she did not see the song in the entire film. Afreen then accused the production house of cheating in the consumer court.
Statement of Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films, while releasing its statement in this matter, had said, the song Jabra was for the promotion of the film and it could not be a part of the film. Along with this, this fact has been told by the petitioner, the star-cast of the film as well as the director on several occasions.
Yash Raj also said that it happens that you release a song in the promotion of the film and do not even add it to the film. What scenes, what songs will be there in the film, it is been decided by the producer and director. It is their decisions whether to edit and release the film. The public cannot tell how the story of the film should be shown.
What Supreme Court judge said?
The Supreme Court judge said that the problem is that you showed something else in the trailer which was not in the film. The trailer is attached to the film. Why were you marketing the film with the song when it was not even a part of the movie? In response, Yash Raj Production House has said that this is a common practice. The judge again said that if this is a common practice in the industry, then it is not necessary that this practice should continue like this.
The Lawer’s statement
Supreme Court lawyer Vivek Narayan said, the film is like a product. Through promos, you are shown a glimpse of the film and when the consumer sees something missing in the product, he can demand compensation because he has spent money on the movie ticket, the vehicle taken to the theater and the food as well.
