Megastar Chiranjeevi, who was planning the remake of Tamil film Kaththi as his 151st film, has found his movie landing itself in familiar trouble.
A writer, N. Narasimha Rao has complained to the Telugu Writers Association that the Tamil film’s story was stolen from a script he had written.
The same controversy had also come up in 2014, when the movie was released in Tamil.
The Tamil version of the movie was directed by A.R. Murugadoss.
A committee formed under the chairmanship of senior director Dasari Narayana Rao has found both the story similar to the one from Narasimha Rao’s script.
They have asked the producers to give him compensation first before remaking the movie, a source says.
Makers of the Tamil version didn’t give any compensation to the writer and had gone ahead with the release.
Now, when it was announced that Chiranjeevi’s next will be the remake of Kaththi, the writer raised the issue again.
The film was a big hit in Tamil and the Telugu makers paid a hefty sum for the remake rights. V.V. Vinayak will direct the Telugu version.
With the Telugu Film Director’s Association already issuing a notice to its members for non-cooperation with this film if they didn’t pay the compensation, the ball is in Chiranjeevi’s court.
As the rivalry between Dasari Narayana Rao and Chiranjeevi is known to all, the topic has made a buzz in the industry.
