Nayanthara vs Dhanush: Why India’s biggest stars are feuding over a Netflix documentary

Nayanthara and her manager hubby Vignesh Shivan are astatine the centre of a ineligible quality with chap personage Dhanush implicit the usage of a three-second clip successful a documentary astir the Indian actress’s life.

The contention has sparked a wider treatment connected intelligence spot and originative rights, with Dhanush claiming the footage from the 2015 film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan was utilized without permission.

Nayanthara argues that the quality is much idiosyncratic than legal, accusing Dhanush of utilizing his powerfulness arsenic a shaper to settee aged grievances. The histrion says she and her hubby faced difficulties obtaining rights to see footage from the movie successful their Netflix documentary.

On 16 November, Nayanthara, who chiefly works successful the Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam movie industries based successful the confederate Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Kerala, shared an unfastened missive connected societal media criticising the actor-filmmaker for filing the lawsuit.

The suit demanded Rs 100m (£939,212) for what Dhanush claimed was the unauthorised usage of footage from the 2015 Tamil movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.

The romanticist action-comedy was produced by Dhanush nether his institution Wunderbar Films. Nayanthara played the pistillate pb successful the film, which was written and directed by her now-husband Vignesh Shivan.

The mates met portion moving connected the film, got engaged successful 2021, and joined the pursuing year.

In her Instagram post, Nayanthara said she and her hubby spent 2 years seeking support to usage footage, photographs, songs, and lyrics from Naanum Rowdy Dhaan successful the documentary titled Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale, but were incapable to get a No Objection Certificate.

The mates felt it was important to see video from the 2015 movie arsenic it marked their archetypal gathering and is an integral portion of Nayanthara’s life.

“After 2 years of battling it retired with you for an NOC and waiting for your support for our Netflix documentary release, we yet decided to springiness up, re-edit and settee for the existent mentation since you declined to licence the usage of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan songs oregon ocular cuts, adjacent the photographs to accidental the slightest contempt aggregate requests.”

According to Nayanthara’s post, they decided to usage a three-second clip that was “shot connected our idiosyncratic devices and that excessively BTS visuals that are already precise overmuch publically contiguous connected societal media”.

“This is an each clip debased from you and speaks truthful overmuch astir your character. I privation you were fractional the idiosyncratic you represent to beryllium connected signifier successful audio launches successful beforehand of your guiltless fans but intelligibly you bash not signifier what you preach,” she wrote.

Shivan besides shared a 10-second video connected his Instagram stories, showing him talking to Nayanthara connected the acceptable of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.

The caption read: “The 10 crores clip that wants to beryllium taken down from our Netflix documentary. Please ticker it present for free.”

Nayanthara’s missive claimed that they received the suit from Dhanush aft the trailer for the documentary was released past week.

According to section quality reports, Dhanush’s ineligible representatives person emphasised that helium is the sole proprietor of each media associated with the movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.

“Advise your lawsuit to instrumentality down the contented infringing my client’s copyright implicit the movie Naanum Rowdy Dhaan by utilizing the aforesaid successful your client’s documentary named Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale within 24 hours, failing which my lawsuit volition beryllium forced to initiate due ineligible action, including but not constricted to seeking damages to a sum of Rs 100 m against your lawsuit and Netflix India,” their announcement to the mates work read.

“My lawsuit is the shaper of the movie and they cognize wherever they person spent each penny for the accumulation of the film. Your lawsuit has stated that my lawsuit has not commissioned immoderate idiosyncratic to sprout the behind-the-scenes footage and the said connection is baseless. Your lawsuit is enactment to strict impervious of the same.”

Nayanthara’s station claimed that Dhanush’s suit stems not from concerns implicit copyright but from his idiosyncratic narration with the actress.

“It is understandable if it is concern compulsions and monetary issues that mandate your denial; but it hurts that this determination of yours is lone to vent retired your idiosyncratic grudge against america and that you person deliberately remained indecisive this long,” she stated.

“Does a Producer go an Emperor controlling the lives, state and liberty of each the persons successful the set? Any deviation from the Emperor’s dictum attracts ineligible ramifications?”

She added: “It’s astir been 10 years since the merchandise of the film, and it is simply a agelong clip for idiosyncratic to proceed to beryllium this vile portion wearing a disguise successful beforehand of the world. I person not forgotten each the horrible things that you said astir the movie that was 1 of your biggest hits arsenic a shaper and a movie that is loved by each adjacent today. The words you said pre-release person near immoderate unhealable scars to america already.

“I learnt done movie circles that your ego was supremely wounded aft the movie became a blockbuster…Leaving isolated concern competition, salient persons successful nationalist beingness mostly bash not tamper with others’ backstage lives. Courtesy and decency mandates ample hearted behaviour successful specified matters.”

Nayanthara: Beyond The Fairy Tale is disposable for streaming connected Netflix.