Senior advocate Virendra Tuljapurkar cited various judgements of Indian courts to show that copyright law does not cover a character. Under American laws it can be, but they are redundant in India as a copyright over a character does not exist." Senior advocate Ravi Kadam, on behalf of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, told the court that no film had the character of Fearless Nadia. Kadam accepted that the Rangoon makers were in talks with the Wadias for copyright on Fearless Nadia between 2006 and 2015. ALSO READ: Kangana's character in Rangoon inspired by Fearless Nadia?

Source: India Today February 22, 2017 14:03 UTC