The
Ernakulam
district
court
has
ordered
stay
on
the
shooting
and
other
activities
of
Suresh
Gopi-starrer
SG
250,
until
the
copyright
case
filed
by
Kaduva
writer
Jinu
Abraham
is
resolved.
The
court
announced
the
verdict
on
August
19,
2020.
The
district
court
announced
the
verdict
almost
50
days
after
issuing
a
temporary
stay
on
all
the
activities
of
SG
250.
To
the
uninitiated,
the
Kerala
high
court
had
earlier
ordered
a
temporary
stay
on
the
shooting
and
promotional
activities
of
the
Suresh
Gopi-starrer,
for
the
alleged
violation
of
copyright
laws.
In
his
complaint,
Kaduva
writer
Jinu
Abraham
has
alleged
that
the
story
and
characters
of
SG
250
have
been
plagiarised
from
the
script
of
the
Prithviraj
Sukumaran-starrer.
According
to
Kaduva
writer,
the
name
of
Prithviraj
Sukumaran's
character
in
the
Shaji
Kailas
directorial
is
'Kaduvakunnel
Kuruvachan'.
The
script
is
also
registered
in
the
same
name.
But
the
name
was
later
changed
into
Kaduva,
as
it
is
a
short
and
catchy
title.
The
first
motion
poster
of
SG
250
revealed
that
the
action
star's
character
in
the
project
is
also
named
'Kaduvakunnel
Kuruvachan',
to
the
shock
of
Kaduva
team.
The
scenes
in
the
SG
250
motion
poster
also
had
similarities
with
the
scenes
of
the
Prithviraj-starrer.
Jinu
Abraham
also
revealed
that
Mathew
Thomas,
the
director
of
SG
250
was
his
long-time
associate,
and
he
had
discussed
several
story
ideas
and
scripts
with
him.
However,
the
scriptwriter
made
it
clear
that
there
is
no
bad
blood
between
Kaduva
and
SG
250
teams,
considering
the
director
of
the
Prithviraj
Sukumaran-starrer,
Shaji
Kailas,
is
a
close
friend
of
Suresh
Gopi.
But,
Tomichan
Mulakupadam,
the
producer
of
SG
250
lashed
out
at
the
makers
of
Kaduva
for
creating
unnecessary
controversy.
According
to
Tomichan
Mulakupadam,
the
legal
battle
was
totally
unnecessary,
as
the
character
Kaduvakunnel
Kuruvachan
and
his
story
were
originally
developed
by
the
senior
writer
Renji
Panicker.