Nayanthara, Vignesh’s lawyer reacts to Dhanush’s authorized discover: There isn’t any infringement as a result of…
Nov 28, 2024 06:26 PM IST
The dispute started when Nayanthara accused Dhanush of pressuring her and blocking her from utilizing footage from their movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan in her documentary.
Actor Dhanush on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit towards Nayanthara and her husband, Vignesh Sivan, over the usage of three seconds of footage from his manufacturing Naanum Rowdy Dhaan of their Netflix docu-drama, Nayanthara: Past Fairytale. In an unique dialog with us, Nayanthara’s lawyer reveals that they’ve formally responded to Dhanush’s authorized discover, asserting that no copyright legal guidelines have been violated in the usage of the visuals.
Rahul Dhawan, Managing Companion, Lex Chambers, who’s representing Nayanthara and husband Vignesh Sivan and their manufacturing home Rowdy Footage Non-public Restricted, tells us, “Our response is that there is no such thing as a infringement or violation as a result of what has been utilised by us within the docu collection isn’t a part of behind-the-scenes (from the movie). The identical is a part of private library, Due to this fact this isn’t infringement.”
Dhawan additionally shares that the subsequent listening to within the Madras Excessive Courtroom is “anticipated on Monday”.
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What’s the dispute
The dispute started when Nayanthara, in an Instagram put up, accused Dhanush of pressuring her and blocking her from utilizing footage from their 2015 movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan in her documentary. In accordance with Nayanthara, after enhancing the documentary to exclude any clips from the movie, Dhanush allegedly despatched her a authorized discover demanding ₹10 crore for utilizing simply three seconds of behind-the-scenes footage.
Later, responding to the open letter, Dhanush’s lawyer issued a press release directing Nayathara to take down the social media put up. The assertion from Dhanush’s authorized consultant learn, “Recommendation your shopper to take down the content material infringing my shopper’s copyright over the movie NAANUM ROWDY DHAAN by utilizing the identical in your shopper’s documentary named NAYANTHARA BEYOND THE FAIRYTALE inside 24 hours, failing which my shopper can be pressured to provoke acceptable authorized motion, together with however not restricted to searching for damages to a sum of Rs. 10 crores towards your shopper and Netflix India.”
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