SG 250 Shoot Halted Until The Copyright Case Filed By Kaduva Writer Jinu Abraham is Resolved!

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.

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