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Puja Entertainment has filed a ₹400 crore suit in the Bombay High Court against Tips Industries, David Dhawan and others over alleged unauthorised use of “Biwi No 1” songs in Varun Dhawan’s “Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai”. The producer sought urgent relief to halt the film’s June 5 release, claiming repeated objections over music rights were ignored by the defendants.

Mumbai: The legal dispute between producer Vashu Bhagnani’s Puja Entertainment and Ramesh Taurani-led Tips Industries has escalated, with Puja Entertainment filing a Rs 400 crore suit before the Bombay High Court over the alleged unauthorised use of songs from the 1999 hit film “Biwi No 1” in Varun Dhawan’s upcoming movie “Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai”.

The suit has been filed against Tips Industries Limited, Ramesh Taurani, Kumar S Taurani and filmmaker David Dhawan. Puja Entertainment has sought urgent reliefs ahead of the film’s scheduled release on June 5, urging the Vacation Court to immediately restrain the release, distribution, exhibition, streaming and further commercial exploitation of the film.

According to the plea, the dispute concerns the alleged unauthorised use of two popular songs from “Biwi No 1” — “Chunnari Chunnari” and “Ishq Sona Hai” — in the upcoming film and its promotional material.

Puja Entertainment has claimed that the makers of “Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai” do not possess the necessary rights to commercially exploit the songs. The production house has demanded removal of the tracks from the film as well as from all promotional campaigns.