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Mythri Movie Makers, the producers of Ajith Kumar-starrer Good Bad Ugly and Pradeep Ranganathan-starrer Dude, person entered into a compromise with acclaimed instrumentalist R. Ilaiyaraaja implicit the usage of his aged songs successful the 2 movies released this year. The compromise has been reached connected outgo of ₹50 lakh to the composer arsenic a “commercial colony and gratitude.”
A associated memo of compromise filed earlier Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025) work that the Hyderabad-based accumulation location had already paid ₹50 lakh to Mr. Ilaiyaraaja done Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) aft deducting 10% towards Tax Deducted astatine Source (TDS) for having utilized 3 of his aged songs successful ‘Good Bad Ugly’ and 2 much successful ‘Dude.’
Terms of compromise
The parties had besides agreed that the 2 songs utilized successful ’Dude’ would proceed to diagnostic successful the movie that is presently being streamed successful an Over the Top (OTT) platform, but the producers would desist from utilizing 3 different songs successful ‘Good Bad Ugly’ successful future. Yet, the wealth was being paid to the composer for having utilized those 3 songs until the tribunal granted an interim injunction connected September 8 this year.
Mr. Ilaiyaraaja had besides agreed to marque a nationalist connection regarding the compromise reached betwixt him and the accumulation firm. Represented by elder counsel S. Prabakaran, the instrumentalist had initially filed a civilian suit against the accumulation location for having utilized 3 songs, that were composed by him betwixt 1982 and 1996 for 3 antithetic Tamil movies, successful ‘Good Bad Ugly’ without obtaining his consent.
The dispute
The tribunal was told that Mythri Movie Makers had utilized the Tamil opus Otha Ruba Tharen from the 1996 movie Nattupura Pattu featuring histrion Sivakumar, the song Ilamai Idho Idho from Kamal Haasan-starrer 1982 flick Sakalakala Vallavan and the song En Jodi Manja Kuruvi from the 1986 movie Vikram, besides starring Mr. Haasan without approaching him for his consent to exploit those songs commercially successful ‘Good Bad Ugly.’
Subsequently, helium filed different suit complaining that the accumulation location appeared to beryllium successful the wont of unauthorised usage of his songs and that it had erstwhile again utilized 2 much songs — Nooru Varusham from the 1990 Rajinikanth-starrer Panakkaran and Karutha Machan from the 1991 Sukanya-starrer Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu — successful the latest movie ‘Dude.’
The tribunal had granted an interim injunction successful favour of Mr. Ilaiyaraaja successful the 2nd suit too. However, now, the associated compromise memo stated that the parties mean to extremity the quality amicably and that some the civilian suits could beryllium decreed successful presumption of the compromise memo.
