Overview
- Amboli police, who registered an FIR on April 27, named Gopala Pillai Vijaykumar and M. Paul Michael under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for cheating and defamation as the investigation begins.
- Nadiadwala says he bought remake rights on March 24, 2000, for ₹4.5 lakh covering Hindi and other non-southern languages, and he used that deal to make Hera Pheri in 2000 and its 2006 sequel.
- The dispute resurfaced after a December 30, 2024 copyright notice, followed by an October 2025 Madras High Court petition in which Vijaykumar claimed new ownership through Seven Arts from a 2022 transaction.
- The complaint alleges fresh demands of ₹60 lakh and a 25% share of profits along with false publicity using actors’ names, which he says harmed his reputation and stalled corporate plans.
- In India, remake and language rights are often split by region, which can create chain-of-title clashes like this one when different parties later assert overlapping claims.