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 notice on her Instagram tales, studying, “Karma Says!!! Once you destroy somebody’s life with lies, take it as a mortgage, it should come again to you with curiosity.”
This publish comes shortly after Dhanush filed a lawsuit towards 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 Courtroom on November 27, the place Justice Abdul Quiddhose instructed Nayanthara, Vignesh Shivan and others to make clear the allegations made towards them.
Moreover, Dhanush has issued a authorized discover to the couple, warning of a possible lawsuit for the usage of behind-the-scenes footage within the documentary. The discover additionally threatens to say damages of Rs 10 crore if the clips should not eliminated.
In response, Nayanthara’s lawyer, Rahul Dhawan, acknowledged 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 staff spent two years trying to safe Dhanush’s permission to make use of footage from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan within the documentary. Once they could not get hold of a No Objection Certificates (NOC), they determined to make use of behind-the-scenes visuals recorded on private units. 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 stunning is your authorized discover after the discharge of the trailer of the Netflix Documentary. We have been startled to learn these strains whereby you questioned the utilization of some movies (simply 3 seconds) which have been shot in our private units 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 follow what you preach. no less than not for me and my companion.”
Days after Nayanthara shared an open letter, Dhanush’s lawyer issued a press release 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 they usually know the place they’ve spent every penny for the manufacturing of the movie. Your consumer has acknowledged that my consumer has not commissioned any particular person to shoot the behind-the-scenes footage and the mentioned assertion is baseless. Your consumer is put to strict proof of the identical.” The assertion additionally talked about Dhanush can be compelled to provoke authorized proceedings, searching for damages of Rs 10 crore towards each Nayanthara and Netflix India if the content material will not be 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 acceptable authorized motion, together with however not restricted to searching for damages to a sum of Rs. 10 crores towards your consumer and Netflix India.”