Bombay HC denies stay on Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey, film to hit cinemas on April 22

A copyright infringement case was filed against Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey. The Bombay High Court denied it and now the film will release on April 22.

Shahid Kapoor's Jersey, which found itself in a suit claiming infringement of copyright by a writer named Rupesh Jaiswal over the story, will release as per schedule. The Bombay High Court has denied stay on the film which is set to hit the theatres on April 22.

The makers of Jersey had postponed the film’s release by a week after they got to know that a case had been filed against it. Writer Rupesh Jaiswal claimed that the concept, story, and idea of his 2007 script had been illegally plagiarised within the Telugu as well as the Hindi film Jersey. However, the Bombay High Court denied the stay and ruled that Shahid’s Jersey will release on April 22.

Producer Aman Gill stated, “We were all geared up to release our film Jersey this holiday weekend, however we didn’t want to go ahead and plan a release until the courts gave us a favourable order, and with hearing scheduled for Wednesday (April 13), we had no time to plan for the Thursday release hence we decided to postpone the release by a week to April 22 till we got such an order. Today on Wednesday we got a favourable order, which clears the way for our release next week April 22.”

Jersey is the Hindi remake of Nani’s Telugu film of the same title. Directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, the film stars Shahid Kapoor, Mrunal Thakur and Pankaj Kapoor. It is produced by Allu Entertainment, Dil Raju Production, Sithara Entertainments and Brat Films.