Rajinikanth-starrer 'Lingaa' in legal trouble over stolen script allegations
K.R. Ravi Rathinam alleged that the producer and director had stolen the story of Mullai Vanam 999
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-11-13 09:08 GMT
Chennai: The Madras high court bench on Wednesday admitted a petition alleging that the producer and director of Rajinikanth starrer Lingaa had stolen the storyline of another Tamil film and sought a stay on the movie’s release. Petitioner K.R. Ravi Rathinam alleged that the producer and director had stolen the story of Mullai Vanam 999, being produced by him.
He sought a direction to authorities to constitute a committee to conduct an inquiry and “find the true authorship and ownership of the single storyline” found in both the films. Admitting the petition, Justice M. Venugopal ordered issue of notice to officials, including secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting. The petitioner submitted that that the pooja for his film Mullai Vanam 999 was held on February 24.
He alleged that the producer and director of ‘Lingaa’ had clandestinely stolen the storyline of his film from ‘Youtube’ as he had made a posting on it. He said he had invested 47 years of labour in the film industry. His film was scheduled for release on Tamil new year day while Lingaa for Pongal next year and this would make his “future dark forever”, the petition said.