High Court shocks Good Bad Ugly makers

Ajith's Good Bad Ugly directed by Adhik Ravichandran landed in trouble when music composer Ilayaraja and later Kasturi Raja, father of Dhanush approached High Court against the makers for using their songs without seeking their permissions.

Mythri Movie Makers however refused all their claims saying that they got NOC from the concerned parties. Now, Madras High Court passed an interim order restraining the makers from exhibiting the songs during the screening.

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.

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