The Kerala High Court must take the Kurup case as an opportunity to define the contours of the right to privacy vis-a-vis biopics/true-crime narratives. The petitioner claims that the movie is exploiting Sukumaran Kurup’s right to privacy, and such portrayal of his personal life with ingredients of fiction could be detrimental to him and may even deny him justice before …
A PIL has been filed before the Kerala High Court against Dulquer Salmaan’s film Kurup, which was released in movie theatres on Friday, November 12. Sebin Thomas, the petitioner, a lawyer based out of Kochi, has asked the Kerala High Court to put a stay on the movie’s release to protect the privacy of the proclaimed offender. The main premise …
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