Ilaiyaraajas identify faraway from all promotional supplies of Mrs. and Mr. film: Vanitha Film Productions tells Madras High Court

Music composer R. llaiyaraaja’s identify has been faraway from all promotional supplies associated to the film ‘Mrs. and Mr.,’ Vanitha Film Productions instructed the Madras High Court on Wednesday (July 23, 2025), pursuant to a civil go well with filed by him to restrain the manufacturing home from exploiting his character rights for the promotion of the film.

Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy recorded the submission made by Sridhar Moorthy, counsel for the producer, that the composer’s identify had been eliminated fom the supplies posted on Instagram in addition to different platforms. Earlier, Mr. Ilaiyaraaja’s counsel A. Saravanan stated that use of his shopper’s identify amounted to misrepresentation.

It was dropped at the discover of the courtroom that Mr. Ilaiyaraaja was not the music composer of ‘Mrs. and Mr.’ However, the producers had used one of many songs composed by him for one more film and printed his identify within the promotional supplies thereby giving an impression as if he was their music composer, the counsel stated.

In his civil go well with, Mr. Ilaiyaraaja had additionally sought a course to Vanitha Film Productions to take away forthwith the track titled ‘Sivarathri,’ which he had composed for the 1990 Kamal Haasan-starrer Michael Madana Kama Rajan, from the film Mrs. and Mr., which was launched on July 11, 2025.

Further, he had additionally sought a everlasting injunction restraining the manufacturing agency from exploiting his character rights for the promotion of the film and sought a course to the manufacturing home to reveal the earnings and positive aspects derived from the exploitation of such rights.

Along with the go well with, the composer had filed two purposes looking for interim reduction. One of the purposes was for an interim course to take away the track ‘Sivarathri’ from Mrs. and Mr. and one other for an interim course to not promote, distribute, display, exhibit, or broadcast the film with the track.

After submitting a counter affidavit to the purposes looking for interim reduction, Mr. Moorthy instructed the courtroom that Mr. Ilaiyaraaja had wrongly talked about Ms. Vanitha Vijayakumar because the producer of the film although the promotional supplies clearly point out Jovika Vijayakumar to be the producer.

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Therefore, he stated, the composer must file an software to amend the causetitle. He additionally said that Sony Music Entertainment would additionally should be included as one of many defendants to the go well with since that music firm had been assigned the rights of the track ‘Sivarathiri.’

Taking be aware of his submissions, the decide granted time until August 18 for the composer to file crucial purposes for amending the causetitle and together with a brand new defendant.