Stuff Indian People Like

The BBC reports that Warner Bros. is suing Bollywood film makers over the name of a new comedy about a boy who’s family moves to England and becomes involved with a clandestine microchip.  At the center of controversy is the proposed film’s name, “Hari Puttar”.  I’m guessing that the Indian film studio first came up with the film’s name in 1997, within minutes of hearing about JK Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.  Since then, producers have been tirelessly brainstorming ways to Indianize this literary sensation.  The film’s creative team reached a breakthrough last week when a young but brash intern brilliantly suggested centering the story around microchip – a device that Indian audiences know intimately well and one that is just oozes with comedy at the sheer mention.  The screenplay could practically write itself.