The Madras High Court, on Friday (November 28, 2025), restrained Hyderabad-based Mythri Movie Makers from continuing to exhibit the Tamil movie Dude, starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju, along with the songs ‘Nooru Varusham’ and ‘Karutha Machan’ that were composed by acclaimed musician R. Ilaiyaraaja for other movies in the past.
Justice N. Senthilkumar said, the musician, in his civil suit, had made out a prima facie case of his songs having been mutilated and distorted thereby causing damage to his reputation and therefore, the balance of convenience was in favour of granting an interim injunction, as sought for by him, until further orders could be passed on the civil suit.
Ilaiyaraaja urges Madras High Court to prevent use of his songs in movie ‘Dude’
After the judge pronounced his orders, that were reserved on Wednesday (November 26, 2025), senior counsel P.V. Balasubramaniam, representing Mythri Movie Makers, urged the judge to grant seven days’ time for the production firm to comply with the interim injunction order. The counsel said the firm would require sometime to take down the two songs.
Pointing out the movie was now being exhibited on an OTT platform, after completing its theaterical run, the senior counsel said, the production firm would face the threat of having committed contempt of court if it does not comply with the interim injunction order forthwith. He urged the court to grant just a week’s time for the production firm to remove the songs.
