VFX credits in movie Adipurush: No interim relief for Trishul Media from Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court today rejected interim relief to Trishul Media Entertainment, a VFX studio, which has claimed that it is entitled to credits in the multi-lingual film, Adipurush..Single judge Justice RI Chagla rejected the plea for interim after hearing the parties at length. Earlier on June 16, that Trishul had told the Court that was not going to press for any urgent stay on the release of the film..Trishul moved the Court claiming that it had entered into VFX studio agreements with Retrophiles Private Limited, the producer of the film.After the release of the film in theatres, Trishul filed another another interim application before the High Court seeking individual credits for employees of the company who were involved in the project. It claimed that since the individuals from the studio were “authors” they ought to be given due credit..Retrophiles and T-series, meanwhile submitted that the suit filed by Trishul was through the company and not by the employees in a representative capacity. They called for a dismissal of the suit on this ground alone. It was reiterated that the company had been given credit in the film already.The parties were heard at length and, thereafter, the plea for interim relief was rejected today by Justice Chagla..Through its application, Trishul also sought payment of dues to the tune of ₹4,77,31,321, which included damages caused to the VFX company.The application, filed by advocates Gandhar Raikar and Sanket Singh, stated that there was an apprehension that Retrophiles Private Limited was formed only to produce the film and, in all likelihood, was going to be wound up after the film is released..During meetings concerning the payment of dues, Retrophiles allegedly refused to give any credits to Trishul. Trishul had earlier claimed that it will not be in a position to enforce its rights and get its dues paid once the film is released. The Court today granted time to Retrophiles to respond to the prayer regarding the payment of dues to Trishul..T-series was briefed by advocates Ameet Naik, Madhu Gadodia and Deepak Deshmukh from Anand & Naik.[Read order]