Chennai: Within 24 hours of its announcement, actor Ranveer Singh’s subsequent film – a Hindi adaptation of Tamil movie Anniyan – was referred to as ‘illegal’ by producer Vishwanathan Ravichandran who launched an open letter to director Shankar on social media claiming that the rights of the film and the story lie with him. Later on Thursday, S Shankar gave an equally sturdy response claiming that the rights to the story of Anniyan lie with him, and he can exploit the story nevertheless he desires to. Also Read – Ranveer Singh’s Anniyan Remake is Illegal: Producer V Ravichandran in Open Letter to Shankar S Shankar, who has labored with celebrity Rajinikanth in Enthiran, 2.0, and Sivaji The Boss, bought Ranveer to do the position initially performed by Vikram in Anniyan. The announcement was made by the actor on his social media accounts in a grand method. However, V Ravichandran claimed that he purchased the rights to the story of Anniyan from late author Sujatha Raganathan who was credited with the dialogue-writing of the movie. However, in his response to the producer, Shankar talked about that it was him solely credited for writing the ‘story, screenplay’ and ‘direction’ of the movie. “Everyone associated with the movie was aware that the script and storyline belong exclusively to me and, in fact, the movie was released with the tag: Story, Screenplay, and Direction by Shankar. I have not assigned in writing any script or screenplay to any person, and continue to retain the right to exploit the script in any manner I deem fit. As the admitted author of the literary work, my rights cannot be interfered with under any circumstances,” stated Shankar. Also Read – Ranveer Singh Gets Most Difficult Role of His Career as he Signs Shankar’s Anniyan – All You Need to Know About Film Ranveer Singh’s Anniyan Remake is Illegal: Producer V Ravichandran in Open Letter to Shankar The director added that late Sujatha’s affiliation with Anniyan was not past the scope of the ‘dialogue writer’ and he or she by no means owned the story rights. “He was not involved in the script, screenplay or characterisation in any manner, and there is no scope beyond his engagement as a dialogue writer. Given that the script vests with me, I am absolutely entitled to exploit the same in any manner I deem fit,” he stated.
Shankar went on to name Ravichandran’s open letter an ‘illegal claim’ and an try to ‘jeopardise my future projects’. He was quoted as saying, “In the absence of any assignment in writing from me, there can be no basis whatsoever to even assert that the ‘storyline’ vests with you. This reply is issued without prejudice, and to clarify the actual situation of me as a director and writer being subject to such avaricious and illegal claims to needlessly attempt to jeopardise my future projects.” Earlier, in his open letter, the producer additionally claimed that he helped Shankar and confirmed religion in him when he was combating unhealthy section in his profession. He wrote, “Still I have provided you the opportunity to Direct the film Anniyan, after which you gave regained the lost ground, only because of my support. It is a sorry state of affairs that you have conveniently forgotten the same and without even informing me, you have tried to reap the accolades of my successful movie ‘Anniyan’ by associating yourself and adaptation of Hindi version of the same.”
The Hindi remake of Anniyan is about to go on the flooring in mid-2021 and the movie is scheduled to launch by the tip of subsequent yr of the start of 2023.
