This story is from September 11, 2007

Nanhe Jaisalmer in trouble

Kunal M Shah / TNN / Sep 11, 2007, 00:00 IST
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Although director Sameer Karnik has been found guilty of stealing Nikhil Saini's script, he refuses to accept it.
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Bobby Deol (TOI Photo)Samir Karnik has been found guilty of stealing the script of the film from Nikhil Saini,
Bobby Deol starrer Nanhe Jaisalmer has run into trouble. Director Samir Karnik has been found guilty of stealing the script of the film from Nikhil Saini, a long-time associate of Boney Kapoor.
Now, if the director does not credit Saini as the scriptwriter of Nanhe Jaisalmer, the release of the film will be held up.
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Nitin Saini says, “Samir Karnik has stabbed me in the back. I never thought that he would do something like this to me. Nanhe Jaisalmer is originally my script and screenplay. I used to know him very well as he had made Kyon Ho Gaya Na for Boneyji.”
“I narrated the film to him in good faith but I never knew that he would make some cosmetic changes and make his own film out of it. I just came to know about this when I saw the promos and read in the newspapers about the story of a child in awe of a star. I tried to call him, but he avoided my calls and said that he was out of the country,“ said an agitated Saini.
He added, “Then I complained to the writers’ association who tried to contact him but to no avail. Finally, a joint tribunal sat for discussion and compared both the scripts and found them to be similar. They ruled it in my favour and now we have a meeting today afternoon to take the final decision.”

When contacted Samir Karnik said, “Saini is a liar. I wrote this script in December 2005 and was ready with the screenplay and dialogue by January 2006. I not only registered it in the writers’ association but also at the copyright office in Delhi. Only after that I started shooting for the film. Why did Saini not come forward with his complaint when the promos were on? Obviously he now wants to extort money since the release is just around the corner.”
As for ignoring the association members’ calls, Karnik says, “Everyone knows that I was in Turkey, shooting for Roshan. I am surprised that they have taken a decision without even listening to my side of the story. Saini has never mentioned anything about this script to me.”
Karnik further says, “When I got this letter and notice, I probed further and found out that his script is based on a 1985 Hollywood film called Purple Rose of Cairo which was a Woody Allen film. His film deals with the story of a depressed child while mine is about a real-life character and a boy in Jaisalmer. How can he accuse me of stealing his script?”
He added, “I will expose him at the meeting today. All I can say is that this is a nice way to extort money and create unwanted problems for a film-maker. I have a press conference in Delhi but now I can’t attend it because of his foul play.”
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