Amit Jani Appeals Delhi HC Order Over Salman Khan Personality Rights
· Entertainment · Bollywood Hungama, The Hindu
Amit Jani, producer of the film *Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy*, has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court interim order that directed the removal of the film’s teaser and other promotional material. The Delhi HC issued the order on July 27 after Salman Khan filed a petition claiming the teaser commercially exploited his personality and referenced his blackbuck poaching case without consent. Jani argues that the court failed to identify a specific actionable use of Khan’s persona and that the order could weaponise personality rights as a tool of censorship. The appeal contends that allowing such a precedent would chill independent filmmaking, journalism and artistic dramatisations of public‑interest matters.
Why it matters
The case pits a major Bollywood star’s personality rights against the creative freedoms of film producers, setting a potentially precedent‑setting legal standard that could influence future entertainment and journalistic expressions in India.
Read the original report — Bollywood Hungama
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