'Characterless Nayanthara' Trends As Dhanush Fans Troll Lady Superstar Amid Spat Over Rights

Nayanthara Vs Dhanush: South cinema star Nayanthara on Saturday criticised actor Dhanush, who produced her 2015 Tamil movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, for refusing permission to use footage from the film in her upcoming Netflix documentary Nayanthara: Beyond The Fairytale. While, she found support in actresses like Anupama Parameswaran, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy Thirovothu and Aishwarya Lekshmi and director Geetu Mohandas, fans of Dhanush trolled her for going public with the legal notice.

Dhanush fans attack Nayanthara amid her spat with actor

On social media 'Characterless Lady Nayanthara' trended as fans of Dhanush trolled the Jawan actress and her husband Vignesh Shivan for "sabotaging" and "deliberately delaying" Naanum Rowdy Dhaan a decade ago. Many dug up the past saying that Nayanthara did not promote the movie back then but used the footage from the film even while Dhanush's team sent her a legal notice to the tune of ₹10 crore.

Nayanthara, on her side, claimed that Dhanush said "horrible things" about the film that was released nearly 10 years ago and that he continues to act "vile while wearing a mask in front of the world". The movie turned out to be a hit.

Nayanthara seeks legal means

Released in 2015, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan was a romantic comedy written and directed by Nayanthara’s husband, Vignesh Shivan. The actor starred opposite Vijay Sethupathi in the movie, which was produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films. The 39-year-old actor said she was shocked after receiving a legal notice for using a three-second behind-the-scenes clip in the documentary.

Vignesh supported his wife by posting the controversial clip on his Instagram handle and wrote over it, "Spread love sir". Nayanthara said she would be giving a “befitting” reply to Dhanush’s notice through lawful means. Dhanush has not yet responded to her open letter.