Enthiran: Non-Bailable Warrant Against Shankar Over Rajinikanth-Aishwarya Rai Starrer
A Metropolitan Magistrate Court II in Egmore, Chennai, has released a non-bailable warrant against director Shankar for his film Enthiran that released in the year 2010 starring superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead. Shankar has been facing a plagiarism case for a few years after writer Arur Tamilnadan complained that the director copied his story idea. Also Read – Rajinikanth vs Akshay Kumar: Annaatthe To Clash With Ram Setu at Box Office THIS Diwali
In his complaint, Tamilnadan mentioned that Shankar had blatantly copied his story titled Jiguba that was first published in a Tamil magazine in the year 1996. Despite the court’s repeated order, the director failed to appear before the court in the case that resulted in a non-bailable warrant against him. The case has been adjourned till February 19. Also Read – Thalapathy Vijay Beats Rajinikanth at Tamil Nadu Box Office With Master’s Fantastic Performance
The Enthiran controversy:
When the film released in October 2010 and went on to became a blockbuster at the Box Office, a plagiarism issue cropped up. The writer claimed that director Shankar garnered major profits by allegedly stealing his story idea which is legally counted as a violation of the Copyright Act of 1957. The case has been going on for a few years.
Tamilnadan had published his story again in 2007 in a book titled Dhik Dhik Deepika Dheepika.
