Sivakarthikeyan starrer 'Hero' taken down from OTT platforms; Here's why

Sivakarthikeyan’s Hero was recently removed from all OTT platforms. film that premiered in 2019 also starred popular Bollywood actor Abhay Deol. It was removed from all OTT platforms after it underwent a major controversy. Sivakarthikeyan was accused of plagiarism by an aspiring filmmaker Bosco Prabhu.

Sivakarthikeyan and Abhay Deol’s Hero was recently banned by Madras High Court. Madras High Court issued an interim banning film from being aired on television and OTT platforms. judgment of high court came in favour of Bosco Prabhu. filmmaker is said to have registered his script titled Vetri on 26 April 2017 with South Indian Writer’s Association.

In 2019, K Bhagyaraj, head of Writer's Association, compared sypsis of Bosco and Mithran's scripts. association n asked Hero's producer Kotapadi J Rajesh to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to Bosco Prabhu.

PS Mithran, who directed Hero, organised a press meet in 2019 to justify allegations against him. In press meet, he said that had incorporated many stories from newspaper articles and real-life incidents in final script. He added that writer’s union are speaking only on basis of sypsis. PS Mithran also called Hero as his filmmaking Bible and said that he has an entire recording of process.

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director of Hero furr added that, just because someone thought a similar idea before him, he can't give him any monetary benefits. Talking about judgement, PS Mithran said comparing sypsis or basic crux of film and declaring plagiarism charges is unfair. writers’ union should compare screenplay of two scripts. He said he had given credits and remuneration to three writers who worked on my film. So why would he use someone else's story without credits?

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