MUMBAI: The Mumbai High Court has denied the stay on the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Don 2 in the legal suit filed by Nariman Films alleging infringement of copyright against the makers of Don 2.

The suit, filed by Nariman Films and the Irani family (the makers of original 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Don), had alleged that the new Don 2 had violated the copyrights by adopting the Don‘s signature tune, songs of the original Don and also copying its script, characters and music without any prior intimation. It further stated that the rights of the said script were given only for the remake and not for the sequel.

However, Justice SF Vajifdar denied to stay the release of the film, citing the absence of theatre owners at the time of hearing and also taking into consideration that the release dates of the film (21 December overseas and 23 December in India) for which advance booking was already underway.

With regards to damages of Rs 2 billion claimed by the complainants, the Court is yet to decide on the matter but it ordered the makers of Don 2 to maintain and preserve all the accounts relating to the film till the matter is finally disposed.