Enthiran: Filmmaker Shankar Denies Reports Of Non-Bailable Warrant Against Him For Evading Court Summons

Filmmaker Shankar on Monday clarified that claims of a non-bailable warrant issued against him are false in a case of copyright violation filed against his decade-old film Enthiran. Earlier reports claimed that the filmmaker has been paying no heed to court summons in the case and therefore a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Chennai issued a warrant against him.

Releasing a statement on the matter Shakar said, “My advocate Mr Sai Kumaran has approached the Hon’ble court today and brought this to the Court’s attention. The Learned Judge was pleased to immediately confirm that no warrant has been issued against me. The reference to any warrant has apparently occurred due to a glitch in the online court reporting, which is presently being corrected.”

The copyright violation case in question had been filed by writer Arur Tamilnandan who claims that  Enthiran was lifted from his story Jugiba which was first published in a magazine back in 1996 and was later republished in 2007.

Enthiran starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai released in 2010 and went on to become the highest grossing film in the country at the time. The movie was also dubbed in Hindi and Telugu and released as Robot and Robo respectively.