Here's why Shahid Kapoor-starrer Jersey's release was pushed by a week

Contrary to the reports of the movie 'Jersey', starring Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur, averting a clash with KGF 2, a producer of Jersey has revealed that it was in fact a court case that delayed the film.

Shahid Kapoor's sports drama Jersey was all set to hit the screens on April 14. But days before the release, the producers announced that the film's release was being postponed by a week.

There was a lot of speculation behind the reason for the delay with some suggesting that the producers wanted to avoid a clash with the Kannada film KGF: Chapter 2, which has registered strong advance bookings.

A few days after announcing the new release date, producer Aman Gill issued a statement citing the real reason behind the delay.

According to Gill, the film was landed in a legal soup after writer Rajneesh Jaiswal claimed that 'Jersey' had been plagiarised from his script. The Bombay High Court has now ruled its decision in favor of 'Jersey' makers, and the film is all set to release on April 22.

As reported by Bar and Bench, a case against the film was filed by writer Rajneesh Jaiswal, who claimed that the producers had plagiarised his script titled The Wall. Jaiswal alleged that his script--which was registered with the Screenwriters Association in 2007--and Jersey had a lot of similarities and that the release of the film would cause him massive financial loss.

"We were all geared up to release our film Jersey this holiday weekend, however, we didn't want to go ahead and plan a release until the courts gave us a favourable order, and with a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, we had no time to plan for the Thursday release hence we decided to postpone the release by a week to April 22 till we got such an order. Today on Wednesday we got a favourable order, which clears the way for our release next weekl," Gill said.

Directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, the film is a Hindi remake of the 2019 Telugu blockbuster of the same name “Jersey”. The producers of Jersey argued that the film was a remake of the 2019 Telugu film also titled Jersey and Rajneesh never objected to that film.