In an offer to guard the works of greats like Raj Kapoor, Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt, Bimal Roy and Kamal Amrohi and all other great filmmakers, the film industry is going all out to hold on to copyrights. In the adjustments hunted on the Copyright Act 1957, the Producers’ association has made a strong appeal to extend the copyright period of cinematic works. The association wants this act to be amended in such a way that no third party can make use of any filmmaker's product for at least 60 years after the death of the filmmaker.
A few days ago, Yash Chopra, Amita Sarkar (from FICCI), Suparn Sen (Secretary, Film Federation of India) and Ravi Vallapa (United Producers Forum) met the officials from the Human Resources Development Ministry in Delhi to put in an appeal. After huge arguments and counter-arguments, the HRD Ministry and the Guild members arrived at a consensus that the present 60 year-period should be increased to 100 years.
When contacted, Suparn Sen she said that they did have a meeting with HRD Ministry officials. They have requested them to increase the period by 40 years. But they haven't heard from them yet. It is unfair that classics like Awara, Shree 420 and other films should go into the public domain. According to Pahlaj Nihalani, A film should always remain the sole property of its maker. And same assumes producer Ratan Jain.
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