Prakash Jha’s ‘Rajneeti’ has been dominating the box office both in India and overseas, ever since it released ten days ago.
The Walkwater Media and UTV Motion Pictures' production is among the few Bollywood films that have received critical acclaim worldwide and has grossed Rs 945 million in India alone till now.
Overseas score of the movie has also been good in its first ten days with Rs 160 million collected from the 300 screens that the movie is playing on.
While ‘Rajneeti’ has done a business of $1,287,416 in the U.S., it has collected $588,305 in the UK and $726,081 in the Gulf region.
The multi-starrer film, released on June 4, has Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Naseeruddin Shah, Ajay Devgan, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpai in pivotal roles.
BJP MLAs in trouble for screening a pirated Rajneeti
An FIR has been lodged against a few Rajasthan BJP MLAs for screening the pirated version of the political film that is inspired by the epic ‘Mahabharata’.
Seema Junejak, chief judicial magistrate, ordered for filing the complaint after Yogendra Singh complained that the pirated version’s screening violated the copyright act of the movie.
“As it is the exceptional case of cognisable offence for violating the Indian Copy Right Act 1957, Information Technology Act, and Rajasthan Video Film Exhibition Act, 1991, any person can take up the legal procedure against those who allegedly violated by viewing movie released just two weeks ago,” the petitioner claimed.
More than 70 Rajasthan MLAs headed by BJP general secretary and former chief minister, Vasundhara Raje, watched the pirated version of the movie in a hotel, where they were supposed to hold a meeting regarding the Rajya Sabha polls.
Prakash Jha gets angry
A disturbed and infuriated Jha says, “I am very angry. It is shameful. How can lawmakers break the law like that? They should be the ones to put a stop to such illegal things and create examples but they are blatantly breaking the law.”
“My lawyers are looking into it. We are looking into all aspects like who saw it and where was it screened. We will take appropriate legal action,” he further said.
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