Hari Puttar and the film that wasn't banned
Lawyers for the makers of Harry Potter - have failed in a bid to get Indian movie called Hari Puttar banned.
They claimed 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' infringed on their boy wizard franchise and tried casting a spell to stop the Indian producers releasing their movie.
When we say 'spell' we mean 'injunction lawsuit' and when we say 'casting' we mean 'filing' - but you get the idea.
In "Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors" a 10-year-old Indian boy moves to England with his family but when they go on holiday the youngster is left 'home alone' fending off bungling burglars.
Yesterday a court in Indian capital Delhi rejected the lawsuit saying that readers could easily distinguish Hari Puttar from the JK Rowling Harry Potter series.
In India Hari is a popular name and "puttar" means "son" in the Punjabi language.
Makers of the movie claim they is no attempt to cash in on the Harry Potter name and that the title was registered in 2005.
The film will now be released across India on Friday 26 September. It should have come out on 12 September, but was put back because of the court case.
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