City court summons Sun TV boss, film director

CHENNAI: The XIII Metropolitan Magistrate here on Friday issued summons to Sun Pictures managing director Kalanidhi Maran and film director S Shankar to appear in person in a case involving copyright violation and cheating in connection with Tamil movie Endhiran.
Responding to a private complaint from writer Aarur Tamil Nadan against Shankar and Maran, who was the producer of Endhiran, alleging that they had violated the copyrights Act by stealing the story idea of Endhiran, the court issued summons to the duo to appear before it on June 24, after finding that a prima facie was made out.According to senior advocate K Elangovan, who represented author Aarur Tamil Nadan, Endhiran was bas ed on his story Jugiba, published in Iniya Udhayam magazine in 1996.