The Madras High Court, on Monday (September 8, 2025), restrained Telangana-based Mythri Movie Makers, the producers of Ajith Kumar-starrer Good Bad Ugly (GBU), from exhibiting, screening, selling, distributing, publishing or broadcasting the movie on any platform, including OTT, along with three songs composed by acclaimed musician R. Ilaiyaraaja for other movies between 1982 and 1996.
Justice N. Senthilkumar granted the interim injunction pursuant to a copyright infringement suit filed by the music composer against the production firm. The judge said he was inclined to grant the ex-parte interim order in favour of the plaintiff since the production firm had given a “bald” reply on April 28, 2025 to a legal notice issued to it on April 11, 2025.
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The judge pointed out that the plaintiff, in his legal notice, had claimed to be the first owner of the copyright of the songs Otha Ruba Tharen from the 1996 movie Nattupura Pattu featuringactor Sivakumar, Ilamai Idho Idho from Kamal Haasan-starrer 1982 flick Sakalakala Vallavan and En Jodi Manja Kuruvi from the 1986 movie Vikram, also starring Mr. Haasan, and accused the defendant of not having obtained his permission to use those songs.
