Man vs Wild / Why Delhi High Court sent notice to Bear Grylls, know what is the matter

Man vs Wild: Delhi High Court has issued summons to famous British adventurer Bear Grylls. The summons comes in connection with a copyright infringement suit filed by Indian writer and producer, Armaan Sharma over the show 'Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls'. The Delhi High Court has issued summons to Bear Grylls, among others, in a copyright infringement case. Justice Amit Bansal also sent summons to Warner Brothers Discovery, National Geography and OTT service Hotstar.

Armaan Sharma gave the concept of the show in 2009

Meanwhile, the court referred the parties to mediation following a request by Grylls' counsel. The matter has been listed before the Delhi High Court Mediation Center for January 17, 2023 and before the court on February 22. Sharma moved the High Court alleging that Grylls' show infringed his original copyrighted composition, 'Aakhri Dum Tak'. Sharma, who is a writer and television/film producer, wrote the concept and script of the reality show in 2009, while Grylls' show debuted in 2013. Sharma pitched it to Discovery, but the channel said the script did not meet the needs of its current programming and inventory.

Violation in the show 'Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls'

Further, he alleged that Bear Grylls was working with Discovery at that time and subsequently resigned, after which he produced the allegedly infringing show with another channel called NBC, in which Respondent No. 2 (Tom a producer named Shelley). Sharma's counsel told the court that the shocking thing is that in March, 2022 the plaintiff came to know through a close friend that his copyright in the said original literary work was being infringed upon by the defendants, and defendant no.1, A show titled 'Get Out Alive With Bear Grylls' is being produced by 2&4 and is being aired on Disney Plus Hotstar.

Counsel for the plaintiff said- The places mentioned in this work are identical to the said infringing show. The introduction, interlude, climax and show were based on the concept and were filmed in the manner described and prepared by the Plaintiff in his original copyrighted script, with Defendant No. 1 (Grylls) as the host of the program and Defendant No. 3 ( Discovery) was presented.