Background
He was the son of producer and director Baldev Raj Chopra and nephew of producer and director Yash Chopra. Chopra started his career assisting his father B.R. Chopra in films like, Dastaan (1972) and Dhund (1973). Since 2006, the only movies Ravi produced after his father"s death was Bhoothnath and Bhoothnath Returns.
Career
Eventually, he made his independent directorial debut with, produced under the family banner, B. R. Films. Ravi Chopra was served with a legal notice in 2009 by 20th Century Fox, which charged that his upcoming movie Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai blatantly plagiarized the 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny. Chopra and the production company, Mumbai-based BR Films, denied the charges in court in May 2009.
The movie"s release was to be delayed until June 2009 by order of the Bombay High Court.
Fox sought damages of $1.4 million. This was the first time a Bollywood filmmaker was taken to court by a Hollywood company over the remaking of a film.
Fox had given Chopra permission "to make a film loosely based on the Oscar-winning movie" but concluded the final product was a "substantial reproduction" of the original.
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