Rights for Govinda film legally obtained
Finally, a Bollywood producer has bought the rights to a Hollywood film before remaking it.
Ravi Chopra has revealed that his forthcoming comedy Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai, that stars Govinda, Lara Dutta, Tabu and Boman Irani, is indeed inspired by Jonathan Lynn’s 1992 courtroom drama My Cousin Vinny. “The film hardly looks like My Cousin Vinny. And still, we went out of our way to acquire the original’s rights. I’d advise other Bollywood directors to do the same before remaking a film. All it cost us is one percent of the total budget of the original film. And then no one points a finger at you,” said Chopra.
In the film, Govinda plays a guy who climbs out of his backward background to become a lawyer.