'Drishyam' director receives legal notice
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,July 22 2014]
As the Tamil remake of Malayalam super hit film Drishyam' that will have Ulaganayagan' Kamal Haasan in lead role, was launched recently the film's director Jeetu Joseph has received a legal notice from noted Bollywood producer Ekta Kapoor.
Ekta, has acquired the rights of Japanese film The Devotion of Suspect X' based on a novel written by Keigo Higashino. Drirshyam' story allegedly has similarities with the novel and since the film is going o be remade in Hindi also, Ekta has felt that the prospects of her project will be affected.
Jeetu has however said 'Drishyam' is no way connected the Japanese film which he watched after he received Ekta's notice Since both the movies are about murder cover-ups the allegation has raised but the similarities between creative works are quite unavoidable.
Jeetu also assured that Ekta need not worry about her project as remake of Drishyam' is completely not based on the Japanese film or book. He also said he will not be directing the Hindi remake of Drishyam' since he has prior commitments in Malayalam.