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tussle at its peak; Narayanan
to sue Oscar Ravichandran!! |
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‘When
it rains, it pours’; this old
saying seems to be coming true in
the case of the recently released
Vettaiyadu Vilaiyaadu. The entire
film seems to have been a jinxed project
right from the beginning. We need
not tell you about all the problems
that the film faced before finally
getting to the theatres. |
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Just
when one thought that all the
controversies surrounding the
film were over and that the
film was going to have a good
run at the box office a new
problem has surfaced. It is
a clash between two big production
houses of the industry. Seventh
Channel versus Oscar films.
Now one must be thinking where
Oscar Films came into the picture
from nowhere. Those who have
watched the movie at theatres
in Chennai may know why. All
posters of the movie in Chennai
carry the logo of Oscar films. |
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Most
of us have been thinking that it is
Oscar Films that is doing the distribution
of the movie. But Seventh Channel
is strongly refuting this claim. |
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It is Seventh Channel that is
doing the distribution of the
movie throughout Tamil Nadu.
But they have sold the rights
of the movie within Chennai
city, north Arcot, South Arcot
and Kancheepuram to a company
named Grand Alliance. Then how
did Oscar films start distributing
the movie? How did they issue
posters and advertisements projecting
themselves as the distributors
of the movie? The talk in the
industry is that the rights
for the movie were bought by
Oscar Films from Grand Alliance. |
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Now,
it might seem that Oscar Films are
fully justified in adding their logo
to the posters of the movie. But,
Seventh Channel does not think so.
They are of the opinion that the rights
for any copyright material should
be bought directly from the holder
of the copyright and not indirectly.
The purchase that Oscar films made
from Grand Alliance does not entitle
them to add their logo to the movie
publicity. This, it seems is the legal
side of things that Oscar films has
overlooked. |
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Seventh
Channel Manickam Narayanan has
demanded immediate correction
of this wrong practice. He has
asked Oscar films to remove
their logos from all posters
of the movie without any delay
and in effect dissociate themselves
from the movie. He has also
demanded that the management
of Oscar films make a public
apology for what they have done
within 48 hours failing which
Seventh Channel will go ahead
and file civil and/or criminal
cases against Oscar films. |
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This
now seems to have become a personal
battle between the heads of the two
production firms. A battle for supremacy
between Manickam Narayanan and Oscar
Ravichandran. They will be testing
their powers to see who is the stronger
of the two. |
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Though the legal side seems
to favour Seventh Channel, nothing
can be said for the next few
days. A clear picture may emerge
by that time. If Oscar Ravichandran
lets his ego rest and makes
the demanded apology, then the
matter will be closed for good.
But if he holds on to his current
stand of being distributor of
the movie then we have a real
battle at hand. Meanwhile Manickam
Narayanan has already filed
a complaint against Oscar films
at the Producers’ Association.
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He
has also reportedly said that
in case of a legal tussle he
would file a lawsuit claiming
damages to the tune of 3 crores
against Oscar Films. Now, will
that scare Oscar films into
disowning VV and making the
apology, one has to wait and
watch. Oscar films cannot afford
to get into any trouble now
because it is currently producing
the big budget Dasavatharam
and needs all the money that
it has got to complete the movie.
Also any legal issues could
invoke a stay on the movies
works, which will be a big blow
to Oscar movies. |
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Still,
Ravichandran may be game for a battle.
Let’s watch the episode unfold.
For now the only thing that one can
say is that V.V seems to have been
jinxed right from the beginning. Hope
that such instances do not occur in
Tamil cinema again. |
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