 A
City Civil Court extended the stay on the makers of actor
Vijay’s upcoming film Thuppakki restraining them from using the
title in promoting the film. The ban, which was earlier imposed,
has now been extended till 25th July when the case is again
taken up for hearing.
A production house by name North East Film Works had earlier
filed a petition with the Civil Court saying “We are making a
film titled Kallathuppakki whose title was already registered
with Film Chamber. We seek ban on the producer of Vijay’s
Thuppakki from using the title as it’s part of the title of our
film. We were the ones who first got the title formally
registered,” the petition said.
Justice Thirumagal had imposed an ‘interim’
ban on the producers of Vijay’s Thuppakki from using the name to
publicise their film. Its producer Kalaipuli Thaanu recently
filed a counter petition seeking the Court’s intervention in
lifting the ban on them using the title to promote their film.
Thanu had contended that it was ‘unacceptable’ if the petitioner
said that the latter part of their film’s title shouldn’t be
used by others.
Thaanu cited example of several films and requested the Court to
lift the ban in using the title. The case has now been postponed
for its next hearing on 25th July with the Judge decreeing that
the ban order would continue till that time. |
