New Delhi:
Amid her ongoing authorized battle with actor Dhanush, Nayanthara posted a cryptic message about “karma” getting its due. On Friday, the actress shared a thought-provoking word on her Instagram tales, studying, “Karma Says!!! If you destroy somebody’s life with lies, take it as a mortgage, it’s going to come again to you with curiosity.”
This publish comes shortly after Dhanush filed a lawsuit in opposition to Nayanthara and her filmmaker husband, Vignesh Shivan, over the unauthorised use of clips from the movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan of their Netflix documentary Nayanthara: Past The Fairytale. The case was introduced earlier than the Madras Excessive Court docket on November 27, the place Justice Abdul Quiddhose instructed Nayanthara, Vignesh Shivan and others to make clear the allegations made in opposition to them.
Moreover, Dhanush has issued a authorized discover to the couple, warning of a possible lawsuit for using behind-the-scenes footage within the documentary. The discover additionally threatens to assert damages of Rs 10 crore if the clips should not eliminated.
In response, Nayanthara’s lawyer, Rahul Dhawan, said that the couple has not violated any copyright legal guidelines. He clarified that the footage used within the documentary got here from the actor’s “private library” and was not owned by Dhanush’s manufacturing firm, Wunderbar Movies Personal Restricted.
ICYDK: In her open letter, Nayanthara revealed that she and her workforce spent two years trying to safe Dhanush’s permission to make use of footage from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan within the documentary. After they could not acquire a No Objection Certificates (NOC), they determined to make use of behind-the-scenes visuals recorded on private gadgets. She expressed shock over receiving a authorized discover after the discharge of the trailer, accusing her of utilizing a mere three-second clip with out permission. Nayanthara wrote, “What’s much more surprising is your authorized discover after the discharge of the trailer of the Netflix Documentary. We have been startled to learn these traces whereby you questioned the utilization of some movies (simply 3 seconds) which have been shot in our private gadgets and that too BTS visuals which might be already very a lot publicly current on social media and claimed a sum of Rs 10 crores as damages for the mere 3 seconds. That is an all time low from you and speaks a lot about your character. I want you have been half the particular person you painting to be on stage in audio launches in entrance of your harmless followers however clearly you don’t observe what you preach. at the least not for me and my accomplice.”
Days after Nayanthara shared an open letter, Dhanush’s lawyer issued an announcement and requested her to take down the content material inside 24 hours. The assertion from Dhanush’s authorized consultant learn, “My consumer is the producer of the movie and so they know the place they’ve spent every penny for the manufacturing of the movie. Your consumer has said that my consumer has not commissioned any particular person to shoot the behind-the-scenes footage and the stated assertion is baseless. Your consumer is put to strict proof of the identical.” The assertion additionally talked about Dhanush could be compelled to provoke authorized proceedings, looking for damages of Rs 10 crore in opposition to each Nayanthara and Netflix India if the content material is just not taken down inside 24 hours. Recommendation your consumer to take down the content material infringing my consumer’s copyright over the movie NAANUM ROWDY DHAAN by utilizing the identical in your consumer’s documentary named NAYANTHARA BEYOND THE FAIRYTALE inside 24 hours, failing which my consumer will probably be pressured to provoke applicable authorized motion, together with however not restricted to looking for damages to a sum of Rs. 10 crores in opposition to your consumer and Netflix India.”
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