By:
Settu
Shankar
Friday,
August
10,
2007
Even
a
mega
film
like
Shivaji
cant
avoid
a
lawsuit.
The
film
was
slapped
with
two
cases,
one
by
a
Congress
Party
Congress
Party
worker
who
said
that
the
pictures
of
Congress
president
Sonia
Gandhi
and
Prime
Minister
Manmohan
Singh
on
villain
Adisheshan's
table
in
one
of
the
scenes.
The
petition
filed
by
him
seeks
a
ban
on
the
films
screening
and
the
sale
of
the
DVD's
and
VCD's
of
the
film.
The
damage
asked
for
is
50
crores,
an
ok
amount
when
you
consider
the
huge
mega
budget
of
the
film.
The
Chief
Justice
of
the
Chennai
High
Court,
AP
Shah,
didn't
allow
the
petition
saying
that
it
was
meaning
less
taking
into
consideration
the
fact
that
the
film
has
crosses
atleast
100
days
in
all
its
centres.
The
judge
said,
"The
films
producer,
actors
and
director
didn't
mean
to
insult
the
national
leaders.
Therefore,
I
dismiss
the
case
and
suggest
that
the
petitioner
does
not
file
such
petitions
in
the
future."
The
judge
further
commented
that
the
film's
content
was
not
malicious
in
any
way
whatsoever.
An
inquiry
has
been
constituted
to
further
probe
the
issue
by
judges
Mukhobathyay
and
K
Suguna.
The
other
case
against
the
film
was
filed
by
a
Sudalikannu
who
claimed
the
story
of
Shivaji
is
actually
his
and
was
used
without
his
knowledge.
The
case
was
dismissed
the
petition
because
the
petitioner
didn't
provide
the
adequate
documents.
After
being
refused
once,
the
petitioner
again
approached
the
court
with
a
review
petition,
the
notices
of
which
were
sent
the
films
producer
and
director.
Sudalikannu
has
also
moved
the
court
to
ban
the
dubbing
of
the
film
in
Japanese,
Chinese
and
Hindi
until
a
decision
is
taken
about
the
case.
The
film
will
soon
cross
100
days
in
most
of
its
centres.