Madras High Court hears Dhanush’s plea to restrain Nayanthara

from still Nanum Rowdy Paddy film | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Madras High Court on Thursday (December 12, 2024) actor Dhanush K. Raja’s film production firm Wunderbar Films Pvt Ltd is set to hear a case filed by actor Nayanthara, her director husband Vignesh Shivan and Netflix from using it in any way. scenes from the movie Nanum Rowdy Paddy in a docu-drama called Nayanthara: beyond the fairy tale,

Justice Abdul Quddos will hear the application filed by Wunderbar, seeking an interim injunction against the use of behind-the-scenes (BTS) footage of the 2015 Tamil film. Nanum Rowdy Paddy In documentary-drama. The applicant firm claimed that use of such footage without the permission of the production house would be a copyright infringement.

The production house was represented by its lawyer Gautam S. Raman and Maitreyi Kanthaswamy Sharma, stating that Ms. Nayanthara had signed an artiste agreement with Wunderbar Films on 27 August 2014 for acting. Nanum Rowdy PaddyThen, he forever vested in him all rights of every type and character with respect to his performance, appearance, likeness, name and or voice in connection with the film.

“In view of clause 4 of the Artist Agreement, the Applicant owns the copyright on the performance of all the artistes in respect of the cinematograph film, which means that if any photographs or videos of the artistes are captured as long as they are in their character The cinematograph film set, copyright thereon vests solely in the applicant,” Vanderbar stressed.

Claiming that she and her husband, who was the director of the 2015 film, had used BTS footage in the docu-drama without obtaining any authorization from the production house, Wunderbar prevented them from continuing to use the controversial footage in the documentary. An injunction was sought to stop it. -The drama released on the popular over the top (OTT) platform Netflix on 18 November.

Days before the release of the documentary-drama, Ms Nayanthara had addressed an open letter to Mr Dhanush on November 16 and posted it on her X handle.

The letter said that he had sought a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the film’s producer Wunderbar Films. Nanum Rowdy PaddyTo use some of the songs, visual cuts and photographs in her documentary-drama, as it was during the shooting of that film that she and Mr. Sivan fell in love. He accused Mr. Dhanush of not issuing the NOC even after repeated requests for two years.

Accusing Mr Dhanush of harboring a personal grudge against her and her husband, Ms Nayanthara also said that, according to her, she received a legal notice from her demanding damages of ₹10 crore after the release of the trailer of the docu-drama. She was surprised. , only three seconds of behind-the-scenes footage was shot using personal equipment during shooting Nanum Rowdy Paddy The experiment was done.