Ram Charan's much awaited Bollywood debut movie, Zanjeer (the remake of 1973 hit) has landed in copyright issue.

Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan, writers of the original Zanjeer, have sent a legal notice to the producers of the remake, saying that even though remake producer Amit Mehra is the son of original producer-director Prakash Mehra, he doesn't have the right to remake the film.

"He did not have the right to remake the film. And now that they are making in Telugu and Hindi....for remaking it they have to take our permission, they have to take license from us. Besides, they are making certain changes in the script. We have not surrendered our moral rights to the producer, we have never done so. So they cannot make it without our permission," said Akhtar.

"We have sent them a notice but we really hope they will solve it. We hope the problem will be solved amicably. And we can sit across the table and decide it. If not, then we will have to take another step," he added.

Reportedly, the writers have asked for a substantial sum for remake rights.