Madras HC nixes Netflix plea to quash Tamil actor Dhanush’s swimsuit in opposition to Nayanthara

The Madras Excessive Court docket on 28 January, Tuesday, dismissed an software filed by OTT platform Netflix that sought the rejection of Tamil famous person Dhanush’s copyright infringement swimsuit in opposition to actor Nayanthara.

The case pertains to the alleged unauthorised use of visuals from the Tamil film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan within the Netflix docu-drama Nayanthara: Past the Fairytale.

Justice Abdul Quddhose additionally dismissed one other software filed by Los Gatos Manufacturing Companies India LLP, an entity managing Netflix’s content material investments in India, which sought to revoke the court docket’s earlier go away granted to Wunderbar Movies, owned by Dhanush, to file the swimsuit within the Madras Excessive Court docket.

Los Gatos argued that the swimsuit mustn’t proceed in Chennai for the reason that applicant firm was primarily based in Mumbai. Nonetheless, the choose dominated in favour of senior counsel P.S. Raman, assisted by Gautam S. Raman, holding that the purposes by Los Gatos lacked advantage. The court docket scheduled an extra listening to on 5 February relating to the interim reduction sought by Wunderbar Movies.

The interim reduction pertains to using visuals from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan within the Netflix docu-drama. Within the affidavit, Sreyas Srinivasan, director of Wunderbar Movies, argued that neither Nayanthara nor Netflix had the precise to make use of any footage, together with behind-the-scenes (BTS) visuals from the 2015 movie, with out prior permission from Wunderbar Movies, which had produced the film.