Director Dasaradh, who made the Telugu film Mr Perfect six years ago, has now issued a statement threatening to take legal action against writer Shyamala Rani, who has accused him of plagiarism.
In his statement, he draws light on the timeline of his film and when the novel was published. “Mrs Shyamala Rani’s novel Naa Manasu Korindi Ninne was released in August 2010. She has alleged that we have copied her novel and made Mr Perfect. But 18 months before the novel’s release, the story of Mr Perfect was registered as Navuthu with the Telugu Cine Writers’ Union (TCWU) on 19 February, 2009,” he says.
He also adds that the story was narrated to Prabhas on the sets of Billa, two years before her novel was published. “TCWU president Gopalakrishna explained this matter to Shyamala Rani six months ago. But it is unfortunate that she still seems to be unconvinced. I hope that she will understand the fact of the matter at least now.”
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Novelist Shyamal Rani filed a copyright case on Saturday against producer, Dil Raju, who bankrolled the 2011 film starring Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal and Taapsee Pannu. She alleged that the central theme of Mr Perfect had been taken from her novel, Na Manasu Korindi Ninne.
Mr Perfect was written by KS Ravindra, who has directed Jr NTR starrer Jai Lava Kusa, which is scheduled to hit the screens this month-end.
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