They also claimed to present proof of Jamil's stake in Bahoo Films Corporation, including the original partnership deed signed in 1978, an Income Tax Assessment Order and a letter by the Pakistan Films Producer Association. Saim Jamil said he was compelled to come forward after watching Sarwar Bhatti blatantly lie about the film's ownership on the media. How can Sarwar Bhatti make such claims when he himself never gave the rightful owners their ownership or gain from all the earnings he made?" His elder son Saim was only 6 years old when he was murdered and they could not fight or pursue any legal discourse at that time. He said, "Chaudhry Jamil worked hard for this corporation and gave many years to make movies like Maula Jatt a success. Sarwar Bhatti has not settled accounts with the shareholders as agreed in the partnership deed.” Jovindah further emphasised, "The copyrights and trademark belong to the corporation and not an individual person. Sarwar Bhatti has been making many claims regarding the rightful ownership when he himself has not accounted for the rights of the partners in Bahu Films Corporation".
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When in fact the movie like many others produced during that time, were the property of Bahu Films Corporation which was a partnership concern.
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Interestingly enough, just a week ago, legal representatives of Saim Jamil, son of one of the film's deceased investors Chaudhry Muhammad Jamil, alleged that Bahoo Films Corporation, the Sarwar Bhatti-fronted production company that is claiming full ownership of Maula Jatt, is in fact registered under a partnership deed between six parties out of which Chaudhry Jamil and Sarwar Bhatti were the main investors.Īt a press conference at Lahore Press Club yesterday, Saim Jamil's legal counsel Advocate Almas Jovindah said, "Sarwar Bhatti has been misrepresenting facts and concealing documents from the court by stating that he owned the original Maula Jatt in sole proprietorship. They said their clients had a valid copyright certificate on the script for The Legend of Maula Jatt and were acting in accordance with the law. However, Barrister Ahmad Pansota and another counsel for the respondents had argued that they were not using any unauthorised copyright or trademarks, anyway. Masood had said that the respondent producer and his team were making The Legend of Maula Jatt having same dialogues, characters and script of the 1979 film, which under the law they were not entitled to do. They also filed a case with the Federal Investigation Agency against the team of the new film, and an inquiry was ongoing.Īlso earlier in March, the Lahore High Court had stayed the unauthorised use of the title of the film Maula Jatt, and dialogues, characters, making/shooting and exhibition of work identical to the movie.īhatti’s counsel Ahsan Masood had at the time argued that the petitioner possessed the rights in relation to the movie, including the title and cinematographic works, and the censorship certificate was also issued by the censor board in the name of the petitioner as producer. In 2017, Mr Sarwar Bhatti filed a suit before the Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan (IPO-Pakistan) tribunal seeking an injunctive order against the exhibition of The Legend of Maula Jatt.īack in January, Muttaqi, his son who also heads Bahoo Films Corporation, said that the tribunal had restrained Lashari and the producers from using the title, characters and dialogues, adding that the case was still pending. We'll explain this to SHC and all the courts when necessary or if asked," he added. We'll tell the SHC that their film is on stay by Lahore High Court's order and their certificates are also been challenged in the LHC which they haven't even mentioned before the SHC so no one is defaming them but instead we are fighting for our lawful right. "We'll surely present our cases before the SHC on the mentioned dates and we might also challenge the order of SHC in Supreme Court because our opponents are just trying to silence us by deceiving the SHC. SHC says we cannot defame the TLOMJ and team but it doesn't we're not allowed to tell the truth and that we cannot talk about our ongoing cases against the team of TLOMJ in Lahore courts." Bhatti's son revealed, "Defaming means when you put false allegations on someone. Talking to Images about the order, Muttaqi Sarwar, Mr. Ammara also shared that they will be announcing the release date of The Legend of Maula Jatt soon. The stay order, a copy of which was shared with Images has been issued as an interim measure while Hikmat's defamation case is ongoing.