On Saturday, Nayanthara posted a scathing letter to Dhanush on social media alleging that he was being ‘vengeful’ and not allowing them to use a three-second footage from the film Naanum Rowdy Thaan. The post went viral and there has been an outpouring of support for Nayanthara as well as Dhanush on social media. (Also read: After Nayanthara's scathing letter for Dhanush, husband Vignesh Shivan mocks his 'spread love' speech ) SS Kumaran's statement Now, director-producer SS Kumaran has issued a letter where he alleged that the title of Vignesh Shivan’s film LIC was actually registered with him (Suma Pictures in 2015) and though he had not given him permission, the director has used the title for his Pradeep Ranganathan film.
This was an issue already raised by SS Kumaran in December 2023. In the letter he released on Saturday afternoon, SS Kumaran wrote, “Dhanush has served you a legal notice for using three seconds of footage without his permission. However, your husband has used the title LIC for his even though he knew that it was registered under my production house.
He asked me for permission through someone and I had not granted it. Still, he went ahead and marketed the film as LIC. How do you justify this?” More details The director-producer went on to add that the title LIC and his story have an intricate connection and he had denied permission politely as a result.
He stated that despite that Vignesh Shivan went ahead with the attitude ‘what can you do?�.