Chennai: A local court has issued summonsto the director and the producer of Rajinikanth-starrerEndhiran on a complaint alleging that the duo committedoffences under the Copyright Act.
The court asked the duo to appear before it on June24.
Tamil writer Aarur Tamilnadan filed the complaintbefore the Metropolitan Magistrate of Egmore seeking adirection to punish them under the Copyright Act and forcheating.
He claimed that Endhiran was nothing but his storyand its director S Shankar and producer Kalanithi Maran,managing director of Sun Pictures Private Ltd, had violatedthe copyright act by using his story.
Because of the "influential background" of thedirector and producer, police were reluctant to register acase, he alleged.
The court asked the duo to appear before it on June24.
Tamil writer Aarur Tamilnadan filed the complaintbefore the Metropolitan Magistrate of Egmore seeking adirection to punish them under the Copyright Act and forcheating.
He claimed that Endhiran was nothing but his storyand its director S Shankar and producer Kalanithi Maran,managing director of Sun Pictures Private Ltd, had violatedthe copyright act by using his story.
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Because of the "influential background" of thedirector and producer, police were reluctant to register acase, he alleged.
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