Bombay High Court Closes Defamation Suit in ‘Dhurandhar’ Script Dispute After Apology

The Bombay High Court disposed of a defamation suit filed by filmmaker Aditya Dhar against Santosh Kumar over allegations that the film Dhurandhar was copied from Kumar’s script D Saheb.

The Court closed the matter after Kumar tendered an unconditional apology for statements made during a press conference.

Accepting the apology, Dhar chose not to pursue damages, leading the Court to hold that nothing further survived in the suit.

However, the Court clarified that Kumar remains free to initiate appropriate legal proceedings to assert any independent claim over the script.

[Aditya Dhar v. Santosh Kumar & Anr.]