The Delhi High Court via a landmark judgement in the case of RDB AND CO. HUF versus HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED declared legendary filmmaker late Bharat Ratna Satyajit Ray as the first copyright owner of the 1996 Bengali film ‘Nayak’. Satyajit Ray who was the screenplay writer for the film portrayed the life of an insanely popular matinee idol, a brash, haughty young superstar riding the waves of popularity and enjoying it to the hilt. However as the story progresses the audience is grappled by the various layers of the film which are so rich and deep but at the same time expressed in such simple language that it is till date claimed to be one of the best works of the writer’s illustrious career.
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