The Madras High Court on Friday ordered an interim stay on the release of Vijay-starrer, Mersal, with regard to a petition filed by AR Film Factory’s Rajendran. Following this, there were rumours that the title of Mersal will be changed to Aalaporan Tamizhan. However, sources told Silverscreen that the title has not been changed yet.
“The court has given time till October 3 for the Mersal team to give an explanation to Rajendran’s petition. Until then, there is no way the title will be changed, ” a source told Silverscreen.
Mersal is the first film to get a Twitter emoji. The title has also been trademarked by its makers recently, a first for a South Indian film.
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Reportedly, Rajendran’s film Mersalaayitten is currently under production, and he had also registered the title with the TFPC. Since Vijay’s film also has a similar title, he claims that the release of Mersal might affect his film’s business. Though the title is not exactly the same, ‘Mersal’ and ‘Mersalaayitten’ are similar in meaning. The high court has hence issued a stay order on Mersal.