Bengaluru, 17 July

Reacting to the copyright infringement FIR filed against actor-filmmaker Rakshit Shetty, Paramvah Studios has issued an open letter on its Instagram page stating that the production house has decided to fight the case in court.

The case was filed by MRT Music alleging that the production house had used two songs owned by it without any authorisation in the film ‘Bachelor Party’. Paramvah Studios was floated by Shetty, who was named in the FIR.

The police said on 15 July that the complaint was filed against Shetty and his production house by Naveen Kumar, who is a partner at MRT Music, at Yeswanthpur police station, alleging that two songs — ‘Gaalimathu’ and ‘Nyaya Ellide’ — were used in the comedy film without obtaining permission.

A notice has been sent to the actor, police added. In the FIR, the complainant had alleged that Shetty used these songs in violation of The Copyright Act without purchasing broadcast and ownership rights. He also alleged that discussions were held between the two parties in January about using these songs but they were unsuccessful.

 “We had previously spoken with MRT before the ‘Bachelor Party’ movie’s release, but the price quoted was beyond our budget and not open for negotiation,” the letter stated.

When contacted by PTI, a representative of Paramvah Studios, choosing to remain anonymous, said the company does not wish to comment any further on this, as advised by their legal counsel. ‘Bachelor Party’ was directed by Abhijit Mahesh and was released on 26 January. PTI