Director Shankar Hits Back At Producer Aascar Ravichandran Over 'Anniyan' Copyright Issue

After the producer, Aascar Ravichandran, of the Tamil movie "Anniyan" asked director Shankar to stop proceedings further for the Hindi remake with actor Ranveer Singh, as he claimed that he has the story rights, Shankar has now hit back at Ravichandran saying that he is shocked to receive his email over "Anniyan" story rights issue.

In his letter to V Ravichandran, director Shankar said that everyone associated with the movie was aware that the script and storyline belong exclusively to him and he has not assigned in writing any script or screenplay to any person, and he continues to retain the right to exploit the script in any manner he deems fit.



The director further said that he is surprised that V Ravichandran referred to late Sujatha, as Shankar claimed, Sujatha was only engaged by him to write the dialogue for which he credited in the movie.

Read his full statement -

Director #Shankar hits back at producer #AascarRavichandran on the issue of who has the “story rights” over #Anniyan, which is now being remade in Hindi 👇 pic.twitter.com/zJSs5QqDze

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) April 15, 2021

Earlier, V Ravichandran had said in a statement referred to Shankar that the director should immediately stop preceding any further on the Hindi remake of "Anniyan", due to the illegal copying of the story for which the entire rights are held by him. He also threatened Shankar with legal proceedings.

Meanwhile, Shankar and Ranveer are collaborating for the first time. The actor said that he admires Shankar so much and he is feeling blessed to have this opportunity to be a part of the spectacular cinematic vision of Shankar sir for the Anniyan Hindi remake. The movie will be produced by Dr. Jayantilal Gada under his banner Pen Studios and co-produced by God Bless Entertainment. It is expected to go on floors around April next year.

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