Warner Bros studios has taken legal action against an Indian studio which plans to release a film entitled Hari Puttar - A Comedy Of Terrors.
The Hollywood giant has recently commenced proceeding against Mirchi Movies, of Mumbai, over the film in question, feeing its name is excessively similar to that of the Harry Potter franchise.
"We have recently commenced transactions against parties involved in the production and distribution of a movie entitled Hari Puttar," Warner Bros spokeswoman Deborah Lincoln told The Hollywood Reporter.
"Warner Bros values and protects intellectual property rights.
"However, it is our policy not to discuss publicly the inside information of whatever ongoing litigation."
Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors, tells of a ten-year-old boy wHO moves to England with his parents and becomes involved in a plot of ground concerning a secret silicon chip and is set for a September 12th tone ending in India.
Munish Purii, the chief executive of Mirchi Movies, aforementioned he was unable to offer significant comment as the case is sub-judice.
However, he added: "We registered the Hari Puttar claim in 2005, and it's unfortunate that Warner has chosen to file a case so close to our film's release.
"In my opinion, I don't reckon our claim has any similarity or links with Harry Potter."
Warner Bros late confirmed that the acquittance of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth film in the dealership, has been delayed by eight months until July 2009.
The motion picture will now spearhead Warner Bros' lineup of summer films.
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