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For a name

They say what's in the name, but when you share the name of your film with a Karan Johar film, it no longer remains just a name. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, an upcoming filmmaker recently held a press conference claiming his film Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna was launched before Karan's film by the same name starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerjee. He says he asked Karan to change the title of his film but he has refused. In the past such cases have been mutually solved but with Chowdhury going to the media, a non-issue has taken the shape of a controversy. The title of both the movies seem to be inspired by Kishore Kumar's popular number "Chalte Chalte."

Chowdhury claims he had registered the film on May 13, 2005 under the Trademark Department of India, a body that is approved by the Indian court of law. "Karan Johar has registered the film only under the Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPPA) and not under the Trademark Department of India The powers for the registration of films have not been vested onto IMPPA, " says Biswaroop with disgust. Speaking at the audio release, he feels he should be allowed to release his film without any further inconvenience as the audio launch has already taken place.

Karan's fan

Controversy aside, he is an ardent fan of Karan's movies and says he would have never gone ahead with the title if he was aware of his film earlier. He insists, "This controversy has not been created for publicity."

While Karan is making romantic tearjerker, Chowdhury's is a science fiction with the tagline `science of belief'.

"It deals with the power of concentration and memory in a human being. The message is always strive hard to accomplish your dreams making the impossible-possible," says Chowdhury. It stars all debutant artists with the director himself playing the lead role. Kumar Sanu has sung the songs and music is composed by debutant Vivek.

He shares about 25 percent of the shooting has been completed and the film would release by next year.

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