The Bombay High Court has issued an interim order restraining filmmaker Santosh Kumar from repeating his allegations that director Aditya Dhar stole the script of Dhurandhar from him.
Aditya Dhar had moved the HC, claiming that Santosh Kumar's repeated media allegations are defamatory and damage his reputation.
The court noted that Dhar made a prima facie case for the grant of such relief, and until the next date, the defendant (Kumar) shall be restrained from repeating words and remarks set out in the suit and all other allegations of a similar nature.
The spy thriller Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh, was a critical and commercial success, minting ₹1300 crore worldwide, and setting a new domestic collection record for Bollywood.
The record was broken by its sequel - Dhurandhar: The Revenge - which released last month and has become the first Bollywood film to earn ₹1000 crore net domestically, and globally, the film has grossed over ₹1600 crore, becoming the second-highest-grossing Hindi film of all time.
