PPL India sues Netflix's 'The Great Indian Kapil Show' for unauthorized use of songs, approaches Bombay High Court

Netflix’s ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ has landed in trouble because of two episodes that were telecast this year- One featuring Sidharth Malhotra and the other Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty. This has happened due to the unauthorized use of the songs- M Bole To and Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re.

As per a report by Mid-day, the Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) India has approached the Bombay High Court in a copyright infringement case, and the comedian or the streaming giant is yet to comment on the matter. That’s not all, the season finale, featuring Akshay Kumar, has also landed in trouble for using the song “Subha Hone Na De” from Desi Boyz (2011).

Sharma ’s Kap’s Cafe, which opened in Surrey, British Columbia, in July, was first targeted by unknown people on July 10, followed by two more attacks on August 7 and October 16. No one was injured in the incidents and no group has claimed responsibility for it. “Jitni baar goli chali wahan pe, uske baad hume aur badi opening lagi cafe par. Uparwala saath hai to theek hai. Har har Mahadev. (In fact, after every firing incident, we got a bigger opening at the cafe. So it is all ok if god is with you),” Sharma said in his first reaction to the incident during an event here.

Sharma  said he was told that the firing at his cafe brought focus on such incidents in the country.

“What I feel is that the rules there and the police perhaps don’t have power to control (such incident). But when our case happened, it went to federal government and there was a discussion in Canadian parliament,” Sharma said.