Producer Kalaipuli S Thanu has said he is willing to give Varun Rajendran, the Assistant Director at the centre of the Sarkar plagiarism issue, a chance to direct a film.
Speaking as part of a talk show Kalathin Kural, Kalaipuli S Thanu said, “Earlier Nizhalgal and Varumaiyin Niram Sivapu both were similar. Even my Punnaigai Poovea and Bodyguard had a similar plot. There are chances that different people get similar ideas. But if Varun Rajendran loses out because of this, if others are unwilling to give him chances, then I’m ready to give him a chance. I’m not supporting anyone here. I want to put an end to these issues.”
Also in the show, producer PT Selvakumar said, “No one has the right to copy the work of others. Even AR Murugadoss had faced many struggled, had been an assistant director before reaching this position. If it is proved that AR Murugadoss copied the story, then he should surely be punished.”
Following the plagiarism charges levelled against Sarkar and its director AR Murugadoss, the Madras High Court will hear the case filed by writer-assistant director Varun Rajendran today (October 30). Varun, who claimed that Murugadoss had stolen his script – Sengol – to make Sarkar, has sought a ban on the release of the film.
When Murugadoss denied his claim, Varun submitted a complaint to the South Indian Writers Association, alleging that the director plagiarised his script registered with SWAN in 2007. He also said that he’d narrated the script to actor Vijay’s father SA Chandrasekhar.
Bhagyaraj, President of SWAN, was leading the efforts to determine if Rajendran’s accusations were true, and finding similarities between the two scripts, he, along with the Union, decided to back Varun in his legal case against AR Murugadoss.
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Varun filed a petition in the Madras High Court requesting a ban on the film’s release until he’s given due credit along with a remuneration of Rs 30 lakh for his story. The court has now asked the film’s director and producers to file their response by October 30.
Produced by Sun Pictures, the music for the film is scored by Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman, with cinematography by Girish Gangadharan. Scheduled to release this Deepavali, it also features Keerthy Suresh and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in lead roles, with Arjun Sarja, Prem Kumar, Yogi Babu, Radha Ravi, and Pala Karuppiah in pivotal roles.