Jakarta Globe, Lenny Tristia Tambun, Mar 11, 2014
A still from the official trailer of ‘Soekarno – Indonesia Merdeka.’ (YouTube Image) |
Jakarta.
The Central Jakarta Commercial Court has handed over the rights to a popular
biopic about Indonesia’s founding president to his second daughter Rachmawati
Sukarnoputri after a months-long legal dispute over the film’s content.
Based on
the verdict, the court ruled that producer Raam Punjabi and director Hanung
Bramantyo have violated the intellectual rights of the Sukarno family.
“The legal
process has been going on for three months, and thank God, the judge has
decided that the rights to ['Soekarno: Indonesia Merdeka'] are mine,”
Rachmawati said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Rachmawati’s
lawyer Leonard Simorangkir added that she will proceed to claim material
compensation for the film, though the amount of money is still undecided.
“The movie
made a profit,” Leonard said. “We want to claim the profit through legal means.
It’s up to Ibu Rachmawati where she wants to give the money to.”
However,
according to the lawsuit, Rachmawati only asked Raam Punjabi and Hanung
Bramantyo to apologize and pay a symbolic sum of Rp 2 ($0.000176).
“In this
lawsuit, its not the amount of money that Ibu Rachmawati concerned about,”
Leonard said. “The important thing is that they feel guilty and pay the
damages, even though it’s only Rp 2.”
Speaking on
the topic of biopics, Rachmawati stressed that all filmmakers have the right to
make films about important historical figures, as long as they obtain the
consent of their descendants beforehand.
“In this
case, we made an agreement that had to be obeyed by both parties,” she said.
“It turned out that the party that partnered with me flouted the agreement and
made the film different from the original script. It ruined Sukarno’s
character.”
She said
that she came up with the original idea for the movie and only hired Hanung to
direct the movie on the recommendation of prominent Indonesian actress
Widyawati.
“Hanung was
merely a painter I asked to paint,” she said. “The plans and ideas were mine. I
knew my father much better than he and Raam Punjabi did.”
Rachmawati
had already filed a separate defamation lawsuit with the special crimes
division of the Jakarta Police last year.
“I hope
that they can be made suspects as soon as possible,” she said.
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