Sunil Agnihotri is a

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film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".

Work

Davaa was released in 1997 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1997 a series called Betaal Pachisi which was a very successful as a TV fantasy series. However that year, he faced a lawsuit involving the US.

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filed a case arguing that Agnihotri had copied the idea of ''

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'' comic strips for the Betaal series. However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself. The serial was full of songs, which were released on cassette, and was shot like a musical.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agnihotri, Sunil Living people 20th-century Indian people Hindi-language film directors Indian television directors 21st-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people)