Shweta Tiwari’s Comeback TV Show Mere Dad Ki Dulhan Out Of Danger, Producers Win Plagiarism Case

Recently Punjabi film producer Preeti Sapru had filed a case against the TV show producers, claiming her upcoming Punjabi film Teri Meri Gal Ban Gayi has a similar concept to the Shweta Tiwari and Varun Badola TV show Mere Dad Ki Dulhan.

However now, according to a report on Spotboye, the judgement has finally come in favour of Tony and Deeya Singh.

In an interaction with the media portal, producer Deeya Singh revealed that the matter was resolved in court only on the day of telecast. The report quotes her as saying, “Ironically, it was yesterday on the day of the telecast that the matter has been finally resolved in the high court. The case was completely based on assumptions. The two important points that were raised inside stated that there is no copyright for the concept. Anybody can have a similar concept in mind like a father-daughter story or a daughter wanting her father to marry. How can a serial of two episodes be compared with a film of two hours? There is no comparison at all. I am really happy with the decision as it was absolutely fair". 

In the same report, Deeya also said that the entire fiasco was absolutely uncalled for. She was further quoted as saying, “It was a terrible experience to deal as we don't even encourage one line of stories from outside. In fact, we don't believe in repeating our own shows. We are the ones who are always trying to create something new on TV. For example, we have done shows like Banegi Apni Baat, Just Mohabbat, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi, Left Right Left, Parvarish, Chhoti Bahu, Kaala Teeka and none of our show is repeated. So when people accuse us of copying somebody's concept, it’s damn unfortunate. What we went through was very unfair.” 

Well, for the uninitiated, Preeti claimed to have registered the concept with IMPPA (Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association) in 2017 and The Screenwriters Association in 2017. She had raised the issue with IMPPA but there was no action taken which is why she filed a lawsuit and file a case for infringement of copyright.

On the contrary, Deeya Singh told Bombay Times that the channel was aware of the show because they had already given them the narration way back in 2017. "We had narrated the show to the channel in 2017, and we have emails to prove it. We had thought of the idea and shared it as well before Preeti registered it. Also, there is a common misconception that copyright is applicable only after registration, whereas merely creating the work is enough for that. We don’t know Preeti at all. We have a letter from SWA saying that we were going to reply, but before we could respond, Preeti went to court.”