Director Radha Bharadwaj moves HC against Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Mangal' over copyright

A director has approached the Bombay High Court against an upcoming

film 'Mission Mangal' starring Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan, claiming

copyright infringement. 'Mission Mangal' is being touted as India's first

space film.

Radha Bharadwaj on Wednesday filed a suit seeking a stay on the

production and release of the movie, which is about India's 2014 Mars

Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan.

Earlier this month, actor Akshay Kumar had announced that he was jointly

producing with Fox Star Studios and Cape of Good Films a movie titled

'Mission Mangal' on the Mars mission.

The film will be directed by Jagan Shakti and its shoot will begin this month. Apart from Kumar and Balan in the lead roles, the

movie will also star Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu and others.

In her suit, Bharadwaj claims that the movie infringes on the copyright of her original screenplay titled 'Space MOMs'.