• Amitabh Bachchan’s “publicity rights” as a star.
  With his approval, no one can use his voice or image.
• Mr. Bachchan will provide his voice to a film on Shri Ram Janmabhoomi’s history.
• Will Amitabh Bachchan voice a Shri Ram Janmabhoomi film?
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The Delhi High Court on Friday granted an interim injunction protecting Amitabh Bachchan’s “publicity rights” as a star. With his approval, no one can use his voice or image. Mr. Bachchan will provide his voice to a film on Shri Ram Janmabhoomi’s history.

Shri Ram Temple Construction Committee asked Amitabh Bachchan to narrate a film about Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, “Amitabh Bachchan has been requested to lend his voice to narrate a film on the history of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi.” PTI reported.

“A committee comprising Prasoon Joshi- writer and chairman of the Film Censor Board, Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi- film director, Yatindra Mishra- famous writer, and Sachidanand Joshi, Secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts has been formed to oversee the film production,”, according to PTI.

Amitabh Bachchan moved the High Court on Friday after learning that  “people were using his name, voice and image, without his permission, to promote their own goods and services – from T-shirts and posters to lotteries and video call facilities,” the Indian Express said.

The High Court further ordered the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to remove all links/websites that violate Bachchan’s publicity rights.

The court also ordered telecom carriers to prohibit access to all phone lines used by the defendants to send messages on apps like WhatsApp that violate Bachchan’s rights.

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