One, Mahesh Bhatt, brought a petition claiming the move violated constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression.

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Director Mahesh Bhatt's most recent effort, Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aagaye (Your Memory Comes Back to Haunt Me), is a copy of Basic Instinct.

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"It was from then that the industry's people got scared as they believed that not even the police could save them, " producer-director Mahesh Bhatt told the AFP news agency.

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