Warner Bros has filed a lawsuit against Mumbai-based Mirchi Movies related to the title of its upcoming movie “Hari Puttar – A Comedy of Terrors”, which Warners feels is a bit too similar to its “Harry Potter” franchise [more on THR]
Hari is a popular Indian name while Puttar means son in the Punjabi language. It’s said that the storyline doesn’t relate to Harry Potter at all… and judging from the poster alone, I would have ruled that Mirchi is the winner for the lawsuit.
However, I can’t deny the probability that the Indian movie maker is being opportunistic for publicity, which they managed to get it now regardless of whether it was intentional at the first place.
the poster reminds me of home alone more than harry potter. warner waste money to sue, give more free publicity to this bollywood movie only.
Agree on the Home Alone hint. It might not be money wasted though… Hari Puttar get their publicity for sure, but Harry Potter is likely to get some cheap publicity too. Well, perhaps that Warner’s plan when they filed the suit lol.