Actor Dhanush and Nayantara. File | Photo Credit: Hindu

On Tuesday (January 28, 2025), Madras High Court rejected an application filed by Los Gatos Production Services India LLP, a unit through which OTT platform Netflix reported its content investment in India, which actor Dhanush’s Wonderbar A civil suit filed by films rejects. About a dispute over limited dock-drama against actor Nayantara Kurien and his director-husband Vignesh Shivan Nayantara: Beyond the story beyond,

Justice Abdul Qudhos also dismissed another application filed by Los Gatos, so that the judge gave Wonderbar to file a case in the Madras High Court, although the applicant was located in Mumbai. Judge Gautam S. The consensus with Raman’s aided senior advocate PS Raman agreed that applications filed by Los Gatos are not worth entertaining by the High Court.

He also listed for hearing on 5 February, an application filed by Wonderbar demanded an interim relief in a suit filed against Ms. Nayantara, Mr. Shivan, her unruly Pictures Private Limited, and Los Gatos, which from some scenes Some related scenes were to use. Tamil movie Nanam Rowdy Paddy Netflix in Doku-Drama.

Copyright infringement

In his affidavit, Wonderbar Films director Sris Srinivasan said that neither Ms. Nayantara nor Netflix were entitled to use any footage, including the back-to-back view (BTS) scenes, which from the 2015 Tamil Flick of 2015 Was related. To get permission before the manufacturer.

He said, Ms. Nayantara entered an artist’s agreement with Wonderbar Films on August 27, 2014, with all the rights and character of all kinds and character in relation to her performance, appearance, equality, name and/or voice – Along with all the rights were vested. Movie.

“In view of Claus 4 of the Artist Agreement, the applicant is the owner of copyright on the performance of all the actors in relation to the cinematograph film, meaning that if a picture or video of the artist is captured until they are captured, until they in their character The set of the cinematograph film is with the same applicant with the same applicant, ”said the applicant.

On discovering BTS visuals used without authority in the trailer of Docu-Drama, Wunderbar claimed to have issued a notice to Netflix on 9 November 2024. However, it received a reply from Netflix as well as TARC Studios LLP, on November 11, 2024, the manufacturer of The Dock-Drama, saying that he was individual in the visual nature and did not shoot by individuals commissioned by Wonderbar.

However, saying that Mr. Shivan was the director of the film and he was also engaged by Wonderbar on the basis of work, Mr. Srinivasan said, the film’s BTS Visuals was also uploaded on YouTube channel. Production House on 22 October 2015. He told the court that the issue was taken to the notice of Netflix in the later legal notice.

Responding to this on November 15, 2024, Los Gatos told Wonderbar that he had entered a production service agreement with TARC Studio and later under the possession of all the necessary permissions for footage used in Dock-Drama. Claimed Los Gatos allegedly told the applicant that any objection regarding footage used in Dock-Drama can only be taken with TARC Studio.

Sri Srinivas also gave temporary importance to the damage due to copyright violations at ₹ 1 crore.

Open letter

On November 18, 2024, the dispute between Mr. Dhanush and Ms. Nayantara became a public day before the release of The Dock-Drama. The actor addressed an open letter to Mr. Dhanush on November 16, 2024, and posted on it. X handle.

The letter said that he demanded no-objection certificate (NOC) from the film’s producer Wonderbar Films. Nanam Rowdy PaddySome songs, visual cuts and their dock-drama to use pictures, because it was during the shoot of that film that he and Mr. Shivan’s love blossomed. He accused Mr. Dhanush that he was not issuing NOC even after two years of requests for two years.

Mrs. Dhanush also accused her and her husband of making personal complaints, Ms. Nayantara also said, after the release of the trailer of Doku-Drama, she was surprised to receive a legal notice demanding a loss of 10 crores. Was, according to him, scenes shot using individual equipment during the scene shooting three second scenes behind him Nanam Rowdy Paddy Was used.