Thalaivi: Madras court issues notice to makers on plea against release

Mras High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to director Gowtham Vasudev Menon and ors on a plea opposing ir proposed bilingual biopic on late Tamil Nu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Justice K.Kalyanasundaram sought response of Menon and filmmakers Vishnu Vardhan Induri and A L Vijay when an application arising out of a suit filed by Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar came up for hearing.

After he was informed that three have alrey filed a caveat, judge ordered that y be served case papers by Deepa and posted matter to November 12 for furr hearing.

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Deepa, who submitted that she was a legal heir of late AIMK supremo, has sought to restrain filmmakers from going ahe with ir project without her consent. She contended that filmmakers did not have any legal right to produce movie on life and times of Jayalalithaa.

biopic, titled Thalaivi ( leer) in Tamil and Jaya in Hindi, is set to be produced by m and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has been identified to reprise role of late Tamil Nu chief minister, who died in December 2016, she submitted. In her application, Deepa furr claimed three do not have any legal right, power or authority to make to publish, exhibit publicly or privately film or any tele or web serial in respect of Jayalalithaa's life or that of any direct descendants without her consent.

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Being a family member Jayalalithaa she was associated with important events in late leer's life, Deepa apprehended that filmmakers might portray life of her aunt and that of her as well in ir "own version", affecting her privacy.

To safeguard personality rights of late chief minister, protect her own privacy and that of her family, it was absolutely necessary to restrain makers of biopic from going ahe, without getting her approval for storyline and script, Deepa said in her plea. shoot for film is reportedly all set to take off and movie is expected to release next year.

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