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She has also made Ronnie Screwala of UTV Motion Pictures a party in the case where she has sought compensation to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All the plot and the idea has been stolen from the said book wherein the story begins in Kolkata, where an aspiring model wishes to go to Mumbai but her father opposes and mother supports,&#8221; Seth said.&#8221;Careful reading of the said book vis-a-vis the story of the said movie would conclude that all the story\/script has been taken from the said book without my permission,&#8221; she had contended.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking a direction for lodging of an FIR against Bhandarkar and others under &#8220;appropriate&#8221; section of the IPC and for violation of Copyright Act, Seth had sought expeditious hearing of her case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court has slated June 27 to pronounce its order on a plea accusing Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bandarkar of &#8220;stealing&#8221; the &#8220;plot and idea&#8221; for his movie Fashion from a book without giving credit to the author. 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