While he lodged a private complaint before VII Metropolitan Magistrate at George Town here for an offence under various sections of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Indian Penal Code, the film director, producer and music director moved the High Court against it. Prakash said it was not the case of the complainant that he had composed the song in its entirety, but only five lines. “This (lines penned by the advocate) is only pallavi and not saranam. The whole song will have saranam, which will be the crux of the lyrics, the pallavi being the frills. However, a civil suit filed by the advocate in the High Court against the director, producer and the music director for a declaration that he alone was entitled to exploit all the rights in respect of the lyrics is still pending.

Source: The Hindu October 24, 2016 02:03 UTC