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Popular filmmaker T. Rajhentherr and his woman Usha Rajhentherr person filed a associated civilian suit earlier the Madras High Court alleging infrigement of their copyright implicit the songs of his 1983 blockbuster movie Uyir Ulla Varai Usha starring himself, Saritha, and Nalini, among others.
Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy connected Monday (March 30, 2026) granted clip till April 20, 2026, to AVM Productions (AVM audio division) and WL Epic Media Private Limited, formerly known arsenic Kosmic Music Private Limited, to respond to the plea for interim orders.
Mr. Rajhentherr had written the publication and screenplay, directed, acted, composed songs, and penned the lyrics, too, for Uyir Ulla Varai Usha, which turned retired to beryllium a box-office hit, starring to its remake successful Kannada and Hindi, too being dubbed successful Telugu arsenic Prema Sagaram.
The movie had fashionable songs specified arsenic ‘Vaigai karai kaatre nillu, vanji thanai paarthaa sollu’, sung by K.J. Yesudas, ‘Indiralogathu sundari rathiri kanavinil vanthaalo’, sung by S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, and ‘Unnaithane azhaithen, urangaamal thavithen,’ sung by S. Janaki.
Produced by Thanjai Cine arts, owned by Ms. Rajhentherr, successful 1983, the movie was re-released successful February 2026 by Simbu Cine Arts. It was lone during the integer re-release that the mates learnt the audio rights of the movie had changed aggregate hands and were being exploited commercially successful assorted streaming platforms.
Hence, they chose to record the suit now, jointly successful their capacities arsenic the shaper of the movie and besides arsenic the euphony composer. Their counsel K. Thyagarajan contended that truthful far, nary royalty whatsoever had been paid either to the movie shaper oregon the euphony composer by WL Epic Media.
In their suit, the mates sought a imperishable injunction restraining AVM arsenic good arsenic WL Epic Media oregon immoderate of their partners, sister concerns, licencees, oregon assignees from commercially exploiting the songs composed and penned by Mr. Rajhentherr for Uyir Ulla Varai Usha.
They besides sought a mandatory injunction seeking a absorption to the defendants, their licencees arsenic good arsenic assignees to instantly instrumentality down the songs from each forms of media wherever they were being commercially exploited without the authorisation of the plaintiffs.
Further, the plaintiffs sought a decree for rendition of accounts and insisted the defendants indispensable beryllium directed to disclose the profits and gains derived by them done alleged unauthorised commercialized exploitation of the songs and besides to wage costs incurred for filing the suit.
Along with their main suit for alleged copyright infringement, the plaintiffs had besides filed an exertion seeking an interim injunction restraining the defendants from continuing to exploit the songs commercially connected assorted platforms until the disposal of the main suit.
