‘Hari Puttar’ in theaters this week
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From the Associated Press
Move over Harry Potter. Make way for Hari Puttar.
“Hari Puttar” is set to hit cinema screens in India this week after an Indian court rejected a Warner Bros. lawsuit claiming the name was too close to its “Harry Potter” series.
The court said in its ruling this week that people who have watched the “Harry Potter” movies and read the books would know the difference between that and an Indian Punjabi film called “Hari Puttar -- A Comedy of Terrors.”
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