SC refuses to stay release of Rajinikanth's 'Kaala'
SC refuses to stay release of Rajinikanth's 'Kaala'

SC refuses to stay release of Rajinikanth's 'Kaala'

Petitioner Rajashekaran had moved the top court challenging a Madras HC decision to hear his plea against the release of the film on June 16.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block the release of Rajinikanth starrer Tamil film Kaala saying that it cannot put on hold the screening just a day ahead of its release.

Observing that everyone was waiting for its release, a vacation bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Ashok Bhushan told petitioner K Rajashekaran that he would be entitled to compensation if his plagiarism claim of his original story Karikalan was sustained.

Kaala is produced by Wonderbar Films with Pa. Ranjith as director and Rajinikanth in the lead. Kaala is set to release on Thursday.

Rajashekaran had moved the top court challenging a Madras High Court decision to hear his plea against the release of the film on June 16.

Rajashekaran has claimed that he had authored the fictional story about Chola King Karikalan when he was studying in Class 12.

Petitioner's advocate Akash Kakade said his client had applied for the copyright which is valid for 60 years. 

He said the title of the film Karikalan was registered with the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce which was renewed for 10 years.

Kakade said that in 1994, eight songs, which were to be used in the proposed film, were registered and released. But he could not go ahead with the making as he did not get dates from Rajinikanth and also faced a cash crunch.

Kaala is directed by Pa Ranjith, who had donned the director’s hat for the Rajinikanth starrer Kabali. This time around, the director has made out a gangster story for the Superstar and he will be seen playing the role of the Mumbai-based don Karikalan. Kaala has an impressive star cast with veterans like Nana Patekar and Samuthirakani included in the star cast. Huma Qureshi and Anjali Patil have been roped in to play the female leads in the movie.

(With inputs from Digital Native)

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