India, May 8 -- A division bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday upheld a single-judge bench's order refusing to allow the release of a film titled Shaadi Ke Director Karan aur Johar, observing that the title and content of the movie violated filmmaker Karan Johar's privacy and personality rights and infringed on his brand value.

The division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice MS Karnik rejected an appeal filed by the film's producers challenging the stay on the release granted by a single-judge bench of justice RI Chagla on March 7. The bench stated that releasing a movie with such a title would inevitably result in people directly associating it with Johar.

While the filmmakers urged the court to allow them to releas...