An angry Amitabh Bachchan takes to his blog to question the copyright law

Alisha Alam | Mar 19, 2018, 13:10 IST
Amitabh questioned the stipulation in the copyright law, which allows exclusive rights to heirs of original literary work for only 60 years after the death of the author
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was famously known as the 'angry young man' of Bollywood for the kind of roles that he played on screen. But on Sunday, the actor was actually upset with the copyright law in India and took to his blog to post about it. Amitabh questioned the stipulation in the copyright law, which allows exclusive rights to heirs of original literary work for only 60 years after the death of the author. The 75-year-old actor took to his blog to post, "Father Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan's work will always remain mine and will not allow the universe to mutilate it (sic)."

He added, "I oppose, disagree, lament, dispute, be in variance of, in vehement loud screams of voice. My inheritance be mine... His writings be his, his heir be me, his writings be mine... Mine. I shall not and will not allow its dilution to general public. I bring my inherited aesthetics to its creativity... It may be the worst ever... But it is my copyright." The actor had also gone on to question the law and who created it. Do you'll agree with Amitabh Bachchan's take on this? Stay tuned for more updates.

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