Plea against Rajinikanth’s ‘Kaala @Karikala’
Chennai: A court here today sought the response of superstar Rajinikanth and others on a petition by a producer claiming that the title and story of the actor’s upcoming flick ‘Kaala @ Karikala’ belonged to him.
Assistant City Civil Judge R K P Tamilarasi issued a notice to Rajinikanth, the director, and producer of the movie and South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce to file their replies by June 15.
Petitioner K Rajashekaran, the proprietor of GSR Vinmeen Creations, sought a direction to restrain the respondents from producing ‘Kaala@ Karikalan’ till the disposal of his petition.
City-based Wonderbar Films Private Limited has announced it was producing the movie to be directed by P A Ranjith. The first schedule shoot for the film was completed in Mumbai.
The petitioner, who has a production unit GSR Vinmeen Creations and composed music for some TV serials, submitted that the “title, knot and story of ‘Karikalan’ absolutely belonged” to him.
He contended that the title “Karikalan” was already registered by him with the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce.
