{"id":12490,"date":"2024-08-22T01:42:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T01:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/entertainment\/12490\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T01:42:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T01:42:36","slug":"telangana-government-unhappy-over-unfulfilled-promise-by-ajay-devgn-and-maidaan-filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabarok.com\/?p=12490","title":{"rendered":"Telangana government unhappy over \u2018unfulfilled promise\u2019 by Ajay Devgn and \u2018Maidaan\u2019 filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPoster of the film \u2018Maidaan\u2019 based on the life of former Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Actor Ajay Devgn and \u2018Maidaan\u2019 film-makers might land in trouble with the Telangana government taking a serious view of their alleged failure to pay a royalty to the family of former Indian football coach Syed Abdul Rahim on whose life Bollywood film \u2018Maidaan\u2019 was based.<\/p>\n

Mr. Devgn played the role of the legendary football coach who ensured India made it to the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the first Asian team to do so. <\/p>\n

Sources said the family members of Mr. Rahim poured out their woes to the officials of Chief Minister\u2019s Office recently and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was baffled at the insensitivity of the film-makers and ordered the police to inquire.<\/p>\n

Family members of Rahim informed the officials that Mr. Devgn and the film-makers promised them royalty while seeking information on his personal and professional life apart from the trivia that could be included in the film\u2019s script. But once the biopic was released to critics acclaim and commercial gains, they did not come back to fulfil the promise. <\/p>\n

A police case might be booked against Mr Devgn and other film-makers for \u2018cheating\u2019 after an enquiry as the Chief Minister was angry that the commercial motives masking moral values cannot be accepted and he saw it as an insult to a legend like Rahim. <\/p>\n

Though the film immortalised Rahim\u2019s contribution to Indian football introducing him to several generations who have not heard of him, it was not fair for the film-makers to ignore his family members, an official argued. <\/p>\n

The film\u2019s release itself was marred by controversies over the allegations of plagiarism with a Karnataka-based writer Anil Kumar claiming that it was his script. The Mysore Sessions court stayed the film\u2019s release on his suit, but the Karnataka High Court lifted the stay helping it to be released worldwide on April 11, 2024, coinciding with Eid.<\/p>\n

The film is produced by Akash Chawla, Boney Kapoor, Arunava Joy Sengupta and Zee Studios and directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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