Copy right violations and plagiarism content is a hated act in the much professionalized, Western environment.
In India it is quite contradictory to various fields including cinema.
India has more than a dozen official languages excluding English and other European languages which have little presence. It is difficult to control any translated materials with out obtaining written permission from the original holders.
Most of the times when a movie being released after talk surrounds with copy right or plagiarist violations. This is frequently experienced across the languages. Surprisingly these kinds of allegations were found till the last of eighties and after that it slowly discontinued since local narratives found more place in the films.
Secondly, single film is made in multiple languages simultaneously not only reduces cost but also prevent plagiarism by others.
In respect of Hollywood and other international films the 'influence' received from them not openly stated but accepted to some extent if and only being disclosed by known sources.
Currently an Indian production house caught in the legal tussle for naming their children genre Hari Puttar- A Comedy of Terrors (Hari Puttar means Son of God). However, producers of original Harry Potter series Warner Brothers find objection through infringement of intellectual property rights.
Astonishingly even Steven Spielberg caught up in such a case alleged with plagiarizing of Hitchcock's 1954 classic Murder From A Fixed Viewpoint.
Mirchi movies producers of Hari Puttar refute the charges of plagiarism or copy right violations since it is based on an Indianized story line.
In the early period of Indian cinema had much influence of western film making and characterization to woo large number of educated city borne film viewers.
Indian film copy right violations do not attract legal actions since it drags longer period to settle the claim favourably by the suitors.
These copy right violations take place due to various reasons to name a few hesitation to ask and embarrassing if not permitted, fee charges assumed to be high, duration for getting rights etc.
However, it does not reflect reality according to the known circles. Reasons for less cost for obtaining rights in case of India would be based on the mass buying capacity, market size and number of bidders on the line.
Unless there is mass consciousness about obtaining copy rights or facilities made for faster clearance over such requests, the menace of such practices would be hard to get rid off from the tinsel world.
