The issue for consideration before the High Court was regarding the exploitation of satellite and/or digital media rights by Star and Netflix. Mad Man Film Ventures stated that in light of consent terms, the ownership of intellectual property of the film was divided between itself (37.5%), Reliance Entertainment (37.5%) and Vibri Media, one of the producers of the film (25%).
Justice RI Chagla upheld the exploitation rights while hearing a plea filed by Mad Man Film Ventured Private Limited. Reliance Counsel Venkatesh Dhond submitted that Reliance had all ancillary, non-theatrical rights for the first 10 years after the theatrical release of ’83.
The OTT platforms argued that they had been granted rights through agreements which were not under challenge, way before the consent terms between Mad Man and Reliance. They also contended that Mad Man’s contractual rights would begin only after 10 years, till then Reliance had the exclusive rights over the film.
’83 that starred Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev an Deepika Padukone as his wife, released in theatres in December last year. The film received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office.
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