HALF GIRLFRIEND stalled
As reported earlier, Mohit Suri of the `Aashiqui 2` fame is making a film on Chetan Bhagat’s novel titled Half Girlfriend by the same title. Bollywood`s young pair of Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor are scheduled to play the lead roles in the movie. However, at the inception itself, the movie has triggered controversy in Bihar. The scion of the erstwhile princely state of Dumraon in Bihar has protested against the movie. In fact, Chandra Vijay Singh of Dumaraon had slapped a Rs 1 crore defamation suit on author Chetan Bhagat, claiming men of the royal family were maliciously portrayed as alcoholics and gamblers in the latter’s novel. He is also trying for a court order to get the shooting of the film stayed pending a verdict on their defamation suit. The suit was filed in the Delhi high court in early 2015 by Chandra Vijay Singh over “express and implied references” to his family in Bhagat’s novel that are “false and derogatory in nature”. Chandra Vijay Singh has also sought a permanent injunction restraining Bhagat, Rupa Publications and all others from further publication, sale and circulation of ‘Half Girlfriend’ in its present form “with immediate effect”.
