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Actor Dhanush has filed a civil lawsuit against Nayanthara and her husband, Vignesh Sivan, claiming copyright infringement over three seconds of footage from his production ‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan’ used in their Netflix docu-drama, ‘Nayanthara: Beyond Fairytale.’ In response to the legal action, Nayanthara's lawyer, Rahul Dhawan, managing partner at Lex Chambers, defended the use of the footage, asserting that no copyright laws were violated. According to HT, Dhawan stated, “Our response is that there is no infringement or violation because what has been utilised by us in the docu-series is not part of behind-the-scenes (from the film).
The same is part of personal library, Therefore this is not infringement.” The accused Dhanush of pressuring her to remove footage from their 2015 film. According to her, after editing the documentary to exclude clips from ‘Naanum Rowdy Dhaan,’ Dhanush sent her a legal notice demanding Rs 10 crore for using just three seconds of behind-the-scenes footage.
Dhanush’s lawyer later issued a statement demanding that Nayanthara take down her Instagram post, which criticized him. The statement read, “Advise your client to take down the content infringing my client's copyright over the film 'Naanum Rowdy Dhaan' by using the same in your client's documentary named Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale within 24 hours, failing which my client will be forced to initiate appropriate legal action, including but not limited to seeking damages to a sum of Rs 10 crore against your client and Netflix India.” The case is scheduled for a hearing in the Madras High Court on Monday.
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