The Kozhikode Sessions Court has issued an injunction barring Kantara makers from enjoying the “Varaha Roopam” track in theatres and different streaming platforms after receiving a plagiarism grievance from Kerala-based music band, Thaikudam Bridge. The well-liked indie music band earlier took to social media platforms to announce that they’re taking authorized motion in opposition to the makers of Kantara for allegedly plagiarising their track “Navarasam”, which was launched in 2015. They claimed that Kantara track “Varaha Roopam” is a plagiarised work based mostly on “Navarasam”.
Thaikudam Bridge took to Instagram to share the information of the courtroom injunction. The publish learn, “The Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kozhikode has injuncted the producer, director, music composer, Amazon, YouTube, Spotify, Wynk Music, Jiosavan, and others from playing the song Varaaha Roopam in the film Kantara without the permission of Thaikudam Bridge (sic).”
Here’s the publish:
Earlier, the band issued a press release which learn, “We would like our listeners to know that Thaikkudam Bridge is in no way or form affiliated with Kantara. The unavoidable similarities between our IP ‘Navarasam’ and ‘Varaha Roopam’ in terms of audio is therefore a blatant infringement of copyright laws. From our standpoint the line between ‘Inspired’ and ‘Plagiarized’ is distinct and indisputable and therefore we will be seeking legal action against the creative team responsible for this. There has been no acknowledgement of our rights over the content and the song is propagated as an Original piece of work by the movie’s creative team. We request the support of our listeners and encourage you to spread the word about the same. Also request our fellow artistes to share and raise your views protecting music copy right.”
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Meanwhile, Kantara, starring Rishab Shetty, has turned out to be a shock blockbuster throughout the nation, with its Hindi assortment surpassing that of Ponniyin Selvan 1.