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Heirs of Prakash Mehra, producer of _Laawaris_, filed a suit before the court claiming that the song was written by the late Mehra and the right to the lyrics remained with them. The
Calcutta high court restrained the use of the 1981 hit song _Apne to jayse tayse_ from Amitabh Bachchan starrer _Laawaris_ in the Sajid Khan directed _Housefull_, which premiered today. In
an interim stay till June 2, Justice Nadira Patherya today restrained producer Sajid Nadiadwala from the cinematic use of the Kalyanji-Anandji number in the new film, where it has been
remixed with another song _Dhanno_. Anandji and the heirs of music directors Kalyanji had filed a suit before the high court claiming that the producers of _Housefull_ had used the song
_Apne to jayse tayse, thodi aise ya oyse_ without the copyright. Heirs of Prakash Mehra, producer of _Laawaris_, also filed a separate suit before the court claiming that the song was
written by the late Mehra and the right to the lyrics remained with them. After hearing the two songs, which had similarities prima facie, Justice Patherya ordered the injunction restraining
the defendants from using the number till June 2. Justice Patherya directed the parties to file affidavits in two weeks and the matter would be heard again after three weeks. The counsel
for Nadiadwala sought a stay of the order of injunction so that he could appeal before a larger bench, but the judge turned down the plea. Nadiadwala's counsel had earlier stated that
they had bought the rights from music company Saregama India Ltd, which claimed to have the rights to the songs of the 1981 film. _Laawaris_ was a blockbuster and the song, sung by Kishore
Kumar, continues to be popular 29-years after the film's release.