Following the court proceedings on 18th March held at Lahore High Court between Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti (producer of 1979’s Maula Jatt) and Bilal Lashari (Maker of The Legend Of Maula Jatt), EPK has obtained the copy of the court’s order.
The instant application may please be accepted and during the pendency of the appeal the respondents be restricted from unauthorized and illegally using title, copying/publishing script, characters, dialogues, poetry, style, songs, music, background music including adoption, making, issuing censor certificate, registering and/or allow exhibition of work that is deceptively similar and/or identical etc. and making/shooting of the film “Maula Jaat in any manner whatsoever.
It is further prayed that the operation of the illegally issued censor certificates with the title The Legend Of Maula Jatt may also be suspended.
Respondents are restrained from doing the after-noted acts unauthorized. This C.M. is disposed of accordingly.
According to the orders of the court, team of The Legend Of Maula Jatt cannot use title, dialogues, characters, style and music without authorization. The court adjourned till 6th June. Court order also clearly says to suspend the censor certificate of the film’s title if it is illegal/unauthorized.
EPK reached out to multiple neutral lawyers and they stated that court order says unauthorized/illegal use of title, characters, dialogues etc is not allowed. However court has not specified who holds the rights of all those things mentioned in the pray.
EPK also reached out to the lawyers of both the concerned parties. Ahsan Masood, Sarwar Bhatti’s counsel stated that this order of the court clearly states that no one can use the rights of Maula Jatt without authorization.
There is no restriction imposed on the makers of The Legend Of Maula Jatt to stop the release of the movie. They are authorized to do so anytime.