T. Rajendar sends legal notice to Romeo Juliet team claiming Rs. 1 crore

Lately, the song ‘Dandanakka’ of the upcoming Tamil film ‘Romeo Juliet’ has been doing rounds in the news quite a lot. T. Rajendar is not happy about the fact that the song has his voice, dialogues and mannerism in it. Apparently, he has sent a legal notice asking for Rs. 1 crore as compensation to producer Nandagopal, music director Imman, lyricist Rokesh and singer Anirudh.

But, according to the Romeo Juliet team, the objected part has been dropped from the song. "Yes, Imman has got the legal notice, but we are yet to get it. All we are trying from our end is to meet TR sir and show him the song that we have shot, to sort things out amicably. We heard through his sources that he had issues with the part of the song in which we have used quotes from his interviews. After we learnt about it, we have removed those bits from the song and it won't be there in the film as well. While recording the song, we didn't expect these problems. In fact, the lyrics have been written in praise of TR and definitely we did not intend to hurt him. We thought he would take it in the right spirit. We really don't want to make money out of defaming somebody. We hope TR sir understands us. And as for the legal notice, we are currently working on a suitable legal response", says Nandagopal.

So, why is the actor-singer still upset even after the removal of the controversial lyrics from the song? A source close to Rajendar told The Times of India, "He told us that 'after the song has been viewed over a million times online, what is the point in removing my bits now?' He also told us that he is hurt and it is not fair on their part to use his interviews in between the song and defame him. He feels that if he does not respond to this, then in future, everybody would start using his work as a tool for marketing their song. TR sir wants them to respond to his lawyer and not him".

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