Filmmaker Suneel Darshan opens up about his FIR against Google CEO Sundar Pichai: Not trying to gain publicity at all. I am only trying to put facts on record

Bollywood filmmaker Suneel Darshan has filed an FIR against Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives of Google & YouTube over the alleged copyright infringement of his movie ‘Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha’ on YouTube. In his complaint, the filmmaker has alleged that he has not sold his film to anyone but it is running on YouTube with millions of views. When asked if he tried to get the copyright claim of the videos, Darshan told a web portal, “Every effort has been made. This case, in particular, relates to a movie that I had released in 2017 (Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha), although I have another case that relates to the movies before that. This movie (Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha) has billions of views. I have been emailing them and there’s a lack of response from their end. Who wants to take on anyone who is so monstrous? I have great respect for the technology they have, but my rights were totally infringed. This is my first step to at least bringing it to their attention. I am very grateful to the legal system.” The filmmaker added that he is not concerned about social media trolls as he further said, ‘I am not trying to gain publicity at all. I am only trying to put facts on record. I don’t intend anything more than that. As a filmmaker and a copyright owner, I have certain rights and when you mercilessly infringe them, then what should I do? I am a helpless person.’