Dhanush sues Nayanthara for using ‘infringed content’ in documentary

Chennai: Escalating a spat, actor K Dhanush has sued actor Nayanthara Kurian by filing a civil suit in the Madras high court for using clips from a film which he produced and did not give his clearance for it to be used in their documentary on Netflix. Dhanush’s production company, Wunderbar Films Private Limited filed the petition against five respondents including Nayanthara, her husband and film director Vignesh Shivan and a Mumbai based unit of Netflix. On the same day that the trailer of “Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairy Tale” was released on November 9, Dhanush had sent an email notice to Mumbai-based Los Gatos Production Services India LLP. “The 3 rd respondent was aware of the fact that she should not use any visuals or video of the said movie be it off screen or on screen without the prior consent of the applicant company but had intentionally chosen to infringe upon the applicant’s copyrights which has caused irreparable loss to the applicant’s company as the said documentary was released on Netflix on 18.11.2024 worldwide, wherein the commercial impact was huge, causing loss to the applicant’s copyrights over the Cinematograph work,” Dhanush suit read. Thus, in view of the said circumstances, I am approaching this Hon’ble Court on urgent basis, temporarily valuing the loss for infringement of copyrights at Rs.1,00,00,000/- and crave leave to substantiate the time at the time of trial.” Since Los Gatos Production Services India LLP is based in Mumbai, Dhanush’s legal representation also sought the court to grant leave, under clause 12 of the Letters Patent, to sue the company along with others in the jurisdiction of the Madras high court.