Tamil Composer ‘sues’ The Makers Of ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’

‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ is once again in the news, but for a different reason.

This time, the movie is accused of plagiarism, but not by Ilaiyaraaja. The movie had one song, Azhagiya Laila ‘Azhagiya Laila' belongs to Love genre (Romant >> Read More... , which was used without permission by the makers.

But what film did Azhagiya Laila belong to? In 1996, the song had come out in a Tamil movie ‘ Ullathai Allitha Ullathai Allitha is a Tamil TV serial. It premiere >> Read More... ’. Sundar C had directed this movie, while Sirpy had composed the song. Naturally, he was not happy with the way his song was misused. ‘Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil’ starred Basil Joseph The Malayalam actor and director Basil Joseph was >> Read More... and Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran is one among the bubbly actor >> Read More... in the lead roles, and after a successful run at the box office, was recently available for streaming on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar.

However, unlike Ilaiyaraaja, Sirpy is fine with the song usage, as long as he is awarded the due credits for the same. Ilaiyaraaja was recently in the news for threatening to sue Lokesh Kanagaraj Lokesh is a famous writer and director in Tamil Fi >> Read More... for the unauthorized usage of his songs in films like Vikram, ‘Leo’, and most recently ‘Coolie’.

Ilaiyaraaja was furious with the fact that ‘Coolie’, which stars Rajinikanth in the lead role, had used the ‘Disco Song’ without his prior permission. He threatened to sue the makers for unauthorized usage of his songs.