Amitabh Bachchan sends legal notice to AAP leader Kumar Vishwas over use of his father's poem

Amitabh Bachchan has sent a legal notice to AAP leader Kumar Vishwas for copyright infringement of his late father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem ‘Nirman.’ Economic Times has reported that the legal notice stated that Sr Bachchan was shocked when he came across Kumar Vishwas’s rendition ‘Nirman’ without any authorisation and decided to take this measure. Bachchan’s lawyers have filed a copyright infringement suit against him claiming that the AAP leader’s recitation might lead the public into thinking it was his poem. “Your unscrupulous and ignoble acts have caused wrongful loses to our client and wrongful gain to ourselves and further amount to unfair trading and unjust enrichment,” the legal notice said. Here’s Kumar Vishwas’s recitation of ‘Nirman’:

Mahakavi Harivansh Rai Bachchan defines 'Phoenix' in melody 'Need Ka Nirman'. Listen and share #Tarpan4 @SrBachchan https://t.co/60kYyBujes

— Dr Kumar Vishvas (@DrKumarVishwas) July 8, 2017

Bachchan also asked Vishwas to immediately delete the poem. Kumar Vishwas, in response tweeted saying that the video was a tribute and that he received appreciation from all quarters for the video. He also said he is sending Rs 32, which he earned from the YouTube video, to Amitabh Bachchan.

Rcvd appreciation frm all poet's family but Notice frm you Sir.Deleting the Tribute video to Babuji.Sending earned Rs 32 as demanded.Pranam🙏 https://t.co/wzq22TZnzf

— Dr Kumar Vishvas (@DrKumarVishwas) July 12, 2017