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	'''''Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai''''' ({{~~trans~~\|This guy is cool}}) is an unreleased Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ravi Chopra]], starring [[Govinda (actor)\|Govinda]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Tabu (actress)\|Tabu]],<ref name="legal">{{Cite news \|last=Vyas \|first=Hetal \|date=16 June 2009 \|title=Ravi Chopra's film in legal trouble \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films ~~\|url-status=dead~~ \|archive-date=11 August 2011 ~~\|access-date=20 February 2010~~}}</ref> [[Lara Dutta]],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Prabhakarp \|first=Jyothi \|date=20 February 2010 \|title=I'm single, by choice: Tabu \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema ~~\|url-status=dead~~ \|archive-date=11 August 2011 ~~\|access-date=20 February 2010~~}}</ref> and [[Boman Irani]].<ref name="trouble">{{Cite web \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=29 April 2009 \|title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai in deep trouble \|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~20 February 2010 \|website=[[Oneindia]] \|archive-date=9 February 2021~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145538/https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ }}</ref> It is a remake of the American film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'' (1992).		'''''Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai''''' ({{translation\|This guy is cool}}) is an unreleased Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ravi Chopra]], starring [[Govinda (actor)\|Govinda]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Tabu (actress)\|Tabu]],<ref name="legal">{{Cite news \|last=Vyas \|first=Hetal \|date=16 June 2009 \|title=Ravi Chopra's film in legal trouble \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films \|url-status=dead \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films \|archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref> [[Lara Dutta]],<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Prabhakarp \|first=Jyothi \|date=20 February 2010 \|title=I'm single, by choice: Tabu \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema \|url-status=dead \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema \|archive-date=11 August 2011}}</ref> and [[Boman Irani]].<ref name="trouble">{{Cite web \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=29 April 2009 \|title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai in deep trouble \|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145538/https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html \|archive-date=9 February 2021 \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|website=[[Oneindia]]}}</ref> It is a remake of the American film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'' (1992).

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==
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	== Plagiarism charge ==		== Plagiarism charge ==

	The director was served with a legal notice in 2009 by [[20th Century Fox]], which charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]''.<ref name="trouble" /> Chopra and the production company, [[Mumbai]]-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the film's release was to be delayed until June 2009<ref>{{Cite news \|date=21 May 2009 \|title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai: stuck in copyright row, release on hold for multiplex stir \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ \|access-date=30 April 2018 ~~\|archive-date=9 February 2021~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145540/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ }}</ref> by order of the [[Bombay High Court]].<ref name="legal" />		The director was served with a legal notice in 2009 by [[20th Century Fox]], which charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]''.<ref name="trouble" /> Chopra and the production company, [[Mumbai]]-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the film's release was to be delayed until June 2009<ref>{{Cite news \|date=21 May 2009 \|title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai: stuck in copyright row, release on hold for multiplex stir \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=30 April 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145540/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ \|archive-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> by order of the [[Bombay High Court]].<ref name="legal" />

	A lawsuit was filed against BR Films by Twentieth Century Fox for copying their film without buying the rights.<ref name="legal" /><ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays">{{Cite news \|last=Pradhan \|first=Bharathi S. \|date=19 July 2009 \|title=Goodbye to copy cat days \|work=[[The Telegraph (~~Kolkata~~)]] \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp \|access-date=20 February 2010~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news~~ \|~~last~~=~~Sen \|first=Manjula S~~. ~~\|date=24 May 2009 \|title=No ripoffs, please \|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] \|url=~~http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp \|~~access~~-date=~~20 February 2010~~}}</ref> Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; they had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=8 August 2009 \|title=B R Films settles plagiarism charges with Fox \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/B-R-Films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-Fox/499691/ \|url-status=dead \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203065039/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/b-r-films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-fox/499691/ \|archive-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> Fox eventually accepted a $200,000 settlement from the film's producer,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Wax \|first=Emily \|date=29 August 2009 \|title=Hollywood Finally Challenging India's Booming Bollywood Over Knockoffs \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html \|access-date=8 April 2016 ~~\|archive-date=9 February 2021~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ }}</ref> although since the death of Ravi Chopra in 2014, it has not seen a theatrical release.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Srivastava \|first=Sumeysh \|date=28 March 2018 \|title='Raabta', 'Partner', 'Kaante': How Bollywood has dealt with plagiarism cases \|url=https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~30 April 2018 \|website=[[Scroll.in]] \|archive-date=9 February 2021~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145712/https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=5 November 2020 \|title=After It's My Life, 15 More Delayed Films That Deserve a TV or OTT Release! \|url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~11 January 2021 \|website=[[ZEE5]] \|archive-date=9 February 2021~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145559/https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ }}</ref>		A lawsuit was filed against BR Films by Twentieth Century Fox for copying their film without buying the rights.<ref name="legal" /><ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays">{{Cite news \|last=Pradhan \|first=Bharathi S. \|date=19 July 2009 \|title=Goodbye to copy cat days \|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp \|url-status=dead \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213111046/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp \|archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; they had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=8 August 2009 \|title=B R Films settles plagiarism charges with Fox \|work=[[The Indian Express]] \|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/B-R-Films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-Fox/499691/ \|url-status=dead \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203065039/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/b-r-films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-fox/499691/ \|archive-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> Fox eventually accepted a $200,000 settlement from the film's producer,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Wax \|first=Emily \|date=29 August 2009 \|title=Hollywood Finally Challenging India's Booming Bollywood Over Knockoffs \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=8 April 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html \|archive-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> although since the death of Ravi Chopra in 2014, it has not seen a theatrical release.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Srivastava \|first=Sumeysh \|date=28 March 2018 \|title='Raabta', 'Partner', 'Kaante': How Bollywood has dealt with plagiarism cases \|url=https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145712/https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases \|archive-date=9 February 2021 \|access-date=30 April 2018 \|website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=5 November 2020 \|title=After It's My Life, 15 More Delayed Films That Deserve a TV or OTT Release! \|url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145559/https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release \|archive-date=9 February 2021 \|access-date=11 January 2021 \|website=[[ZEE5]]}}</ref>

	''[[The Telegraph (~~Kolkata~~)\|The Telegraph]]'', listing a number of other Bollywood movies "inspired" by Hollywood blockbusters, noted that the case would "decide whether Indian filmmakers can continue to get their 'inspiration' with impunity, or buy rights the legal way."<ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays" />		''[[The Telegraph (India)\|The Telegraph]]'', listing a number of other Bollywood movies "inspired" by Hollywood blockbusters, noted that the case would "decide whether Indian filmmakers can continue to get their 'inspiration' with impunity, or buy rights the legal way."<ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays" />

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:~~Hindi-language~~ films]]		[[Category:Films involved in plagiarism controversies]]
			[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
	[[Category:Indian films]]		[[Category:Indian films]]
			[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
	[[Category:Unreleased Hindi-language films]]		[[Category:Unreleased Hindi-language films]]
	~~[[Category:Films involved in plagiarism controversies]]~~

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| starring = [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] [[Salman Khan]] [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] [[Lara Dutta]] [[Boman Irani]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]]
| cinematography = [[Barun Mukherjee (cinematographer)|Barun Mukherjee]]
| editing = Akiv Ali
| studio = BR Films
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'''''Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai''''' ({{trans|This guy is cool}}) is an unreleased Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ravi Chopra]], starring [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]],<ref name="legal">{{Cite news |last=Vyas |first=Hetal |date=16 June 2009 |title=Ravi Chopra's film in legal trouble |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811071050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-06-16/news-interviews/28167088_1_ravi-chopra-substantial-reproduction-br-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref> [[Lara Dutta]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prabhakarp |first=Jyothi |date=20 February 2010 |title=I'm single, by choice: Tabu |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070956/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-20/news-interviews/28114702_1_tabu-toh-cinema |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref> and [[Boman Irani]].<ref name="trouble">{{Cite web |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=29 April 2009 |title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai in deep trouble |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html |access-date=20 February 2010 |website=[[Oneindia]] |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145538/https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/gupshup/2009/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-trouble-290409.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a remake of the American film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'' (1992).

== Cast ==
*[[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] as Raj Ahuja
*[[Salman Khan]]
*[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
*[[Lara Dutta]]
*[[Ashish Chaudhary]] as Vikram Malhotra
*[[Vishal Malhotra]] as Jimmy Khanna
*[[Boman Irani]] as Veer Ahuja
*[[Rajpal Yadav]] as Ghokla Bhai
*[[Satish Shah]] as Satish Malhotra
*[[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Javed Quadri

== Plagiarism charge ==

The director was served with a legal notice in 2009 by [[20th Century Fox]], which charged that the film blatantly plagiarised their 1992 film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]''.<ref name="trouble" /> Chopra and the production company, [[Mumbai]]-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009; the film's release was to be delayed until June 2009<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2009 |title=Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai: stuck in copyright row, release on hold for multiplex stir |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ |access-date=30 April 2018 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145540/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/banda-yeh-bindaas-hai-stuck-in-copyright-row-release-on-hold-for-multiplex-stir/463253/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by order of the [[Bombay High Court]].<ref name="legal" />

A lawsuit was filed against BR Films by Twentieth Century Fox for copying their film without buying the rights.<ref name="legal" /><ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays">{{Cite news |last=Pradhan |first=Bharathi S. |date=19 July 2009 |title=Goodbye to copy cat days |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp |access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Manjula S. |date=24 May 2009 |title=No ripoffs, please |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]] |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090719/jsp/7days/story_11254743.jsp |access-date=20 February 2010}}</ref> Fox sought damages of $1.4 million; they had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 August 2009 |title=B R Films settles plagiarism charges with Fox |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/B-R-Films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-Fox/499691/ |url-status=dead |access-date=20 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203065039/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/b-r-films-settles-plagiarism-charges-with-fox/499691/ |archive-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> Fox eventually accepted a $200,000 settlement from the film's producer,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wax |first=Emily |date=29 August 2009 |title=Hollywood Finally Challenging India's Booming Bollywood Over Knockoffs |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145841/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> although since the death of Ravi Chopra in 2014, it has not seen a theatrical release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Sumeysh |date=28 March 2018 |title='Raabta', 'Partner', 'Kaante': How Bollywood has dealt with plagiarism cases |url=https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases |access-date=30 April 2018 |website=[[Scroll.in]] |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145712/https://scroll.in/reel/873364/raabta-partner-kaante-how-bollywood-has-dealt-with-plagiarism-cases |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2020 |title=After It's My Life, 15 More Delayed Films That Deserve a TV or OTT Release! |url=https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=[[ZEE5]] |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209145559/https://www.zee5.com/zee5news/after-its-my-life-15-more-delayed-films-that-deserve-a-tv-or-ott-release |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'', listing a number of other Bollywood movies "inspired" by Hollywood blockbusters, noted that the case would "decide whether Indian filmmakers can continue to get their 'inspiration' with impunity, or buy rights the legal way."<ref name="GoodbyeCopycatDays" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Unreleased Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films involved in plagiarism controversies]]