Dhanush's lawyer issues statement after Nayanthara shares open letter against him over Netflix documentary: 'Advice your client to take down...'

Since yesterday, everyone has been talking about Nayanthara and her open letter to actor Dhanush, who had objected the usage of a clip from the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan (which starred Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara in the leading roles) in the Netflix’s documentary Nayanthara Beyond The Fairytale. While the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan was directed by Vignesh Shivan, the film was by produced by Dhanush.

Amidst all this, there is a one-page reply on Reditt, which is reportedly from Dhanush’s lawyer to Nayanthara and team, which is doing the rounds on the internet. The said reply states, ‘My client is the producer of the film and they know where they have spent each penny for the production of the film and your client has stated that my client has not commissioned any person to shoot the behind the scenes footage and the said statement is baseless and your client is put to strict proof of the same.

Under these circumstances, advice your client to take down the content infringing my client's copyright over the film NAANUM ROWDY DHAAN by using the same in your client's documentary named NAYANTHARA BEYOND THE FAIRYTALE within 24 hours failing which my client will be forced to initiate appropriate legal action including but not limited to seek damages to a sum of Rs. 10 crores against your client and Netflix India’. There is a copy which has been marked to Netflix India as well.

For the unversed, the whole thing started when Nayanthara took to social media and slammed Dhanush over his action of claiming a sum of Rs.10 crores as damages for the usage of 3 seconds clip from the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan.

In her open letter, Nayanthara had written (presented here is a mere gist), ‘Dear Mr. Dhanush K Raja, S/o Kasthoori Raja, B/o Selvaraghavan, this is an open letter to you in order to set several wrong things right. A well-established actor like you, with the support and blessings of your father and your brother, an ace director, needs to read and understand this.

What's even more shocking is your legal notice after the release of the trailer of the Netflix Documentary. We were startled to read those lines wherein you questioned the usage of some videos (just 3 seconds) which were shot in our personal devices and that too BTS visuals that are already very much publicly present on social media and claimed a sum of Rs.10 crores as damages for the mere 3 seconds.

This is an all-time low from you and speaks so much about your character. I wish you were half the person you portray to be on stage in audio launches in front of your innocent fans but clearly you do not practice what you preach, at least not for me and my partner.

I am in receipt of your legal notice and we shall respond to it befittingly through lawful means. Your refusal to give NOC for use of elements of Naanum Rowdy Dhaan for our Netflix documentary might be justified by you to the Courts from copyright angle but I wish to remind you that there is a moral side to it, which has to be defended in the court of God.

Through this letter I only wish and pray that you come to peace with your inner self over the success of some people whom you knew from the past.

You may fabricate some fake story and pack it with punch lines and deliver it in your next audio launch too but God is watching. I wish to introduce a German word into your vocabulary, "schadenfreude" and ensure that you don't taste that emotion with us or anyone anymore.

And truly, in this world where it's easy to look down upon people, there is also joy in other's joys, there is happiness in seeing other people's happiness and hope that comes from other's stories. That is the reason behind our NetFlix Documentary. I suggest you also watch it and maybe it might change your mind. It is important to #SpreadLove and I hope and pray that someday you are also fully capable of doing it and not just saying it’.

Keep watching this space for further updates and developments.

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