"A stalled release affects many people, who are associated with the film. It is not only about us. The release date is finalised months before," Bhagnani told reporters.

The producer called for a new law to prevent such incidents.

"We should be given some time to prove our point. Judiciary can give us notice or it can fix a certain amount of fee. We have no problem depositing the fee as long as it doesn't affect the release. The court battle can go on," he added.

Singer Rabbi Shergill had moved to the court on November 26, just two days before the scheduled release of 'Sorry Bhai' alleging that one of the songs in the movie was lifted from his album 'Avengi Ja Nahin' and sought compensation. Shergill claimed that he would suffer losses if the film was released.

The single judge agreed with Shergill's claim that both songs were identical and stayed the release, which was lifted by a division bench.

However, the bench asked Gaurav Dayal and producers of the movie to "maintain full accounts", which would help it in awarding damages later, if it came to the conclusion that Rabbi Shergill deserved to be compensated.

Bhagnani alleged that the new case was only a way to extort money by blackmailing the producers.

"If Rabbi had a problem with the song he could have approached us and we would have sorted it out through discussion. Music of the film was out one month before the release but he goes and gets a stay order just days before the release of the film," alleged Bhagnani.

While singer Rabbi Shergill refuted the allegations saying, "Dayal (musician) had come to me eight months ago. He told me that he wanted to use the song and I said ok but I did not know that he will just go and use it like it was his own song without giving me any credit. So it is wrong to say that they did not know about it."

"I had not given him the permission to use it as his own song. At least to discuss before doing something like that. You can not use a song without finalising the terms and conditions of the usage," says Shergill.

When asked why he did not approach the court earlier, Shergill said, "What difference does it make. What if I came to know about it just before the release, should I wait? "I have to safeguard my rights. The issue of plagiarisation is an ongoing problem in Bollywood and the only recourse left for someone like me is to go to the court," Shergill adds.

Plagiarisation charges are not new for Bollywood.

Earlier too, many musicians have faced flak for their alleged 'inspiration'.

Recently producer-director Rakesh Roshan had to pay Rs 2 crore to the music composer Ram Sampath who had filed a case against him for copying a tune in his film 'Krazzy 4'.

Bhagnani said people approaching the court just before films release on plagirisation charges want to extort money by blackmailing the producers.