Director Shankar took to X (formerly Twitter) to threaten legal action against those who have been allegedly ripping off scenes from Su Venkatesan’s novel Veera Yuga Nayagan Vel Paari. The filmmaker, who owns the copyright to the work, says that a ‘recent trailer’ upset him and the internet thinks he’s talking about Koratala Siva’s Jr NTR-starrer Devara: Part 1 or Siva’s Suriya-starrer Kanguva. (Also Read: Are these Shankar's 8 best movies? ) Shankar miffed at rip-offs Shankar posted on X that he has seen scenes from the novel being ripped off without permission in ‘many movies’ lately.
He wrote, “As the copyright holder of Su. Venkatesan’s iconic Tamil novel "Veera Yuga Nayagan Vel Paari", I'm disturbed to see key scenes being ripped off & used without permission in many movies. Really upset to see important key scene from the novel in a recent movie trailer.
” He urged filmmakers to respect creators’ rights, threatening them with legal action if they paid no heed. He added, “Kindly refrain from using the scenes from the novel in movies, web series and any medium, Respect creators' rights! Refrain from Unauthorized adaptations of scenes, Refrain from infringement or face legal action! #VeeraYugaNayaganVelPaari #CopyrightProtection #FilmEthics @SuVe4Madurai” He also tagged MP-author Su Venkatesan in his post, who re-tweeted it. Internet reacts While Shankar did not name any films, the internet interestingly thought he was speaking about Devara: Part.