Court stay on release of 'Main Hoon Rajinikanth'

Film star Rajinikanth says that the movie would cause substantial damage to his reputation and goodwill, if released

In his petition, film star Rajinikanth said, the movie “would cause a significant and substantial damage to him in addition to an irreparable loss of reputation, goodwill and deception to the public"

Tamil Nadu high court on Wednesday granted an interim stay on the release of the movie ‘Main Hoon Rajinikanth’ produced by Mumbai-based Varsha Productions and directed by Faisal Saif. The court also issued a notice to the producer.

According to reports, the movie is about Rajinikanth Rao, played by actor Adithya Menon, who, in the film is a CBI officer-cum-contract killer.

Tamil super star Rajinikanth has filed a petition with the Madras high court seeking stay on the release of Hindi film ‘Main Hoon Rajinikanth’, claiming “it would cause a significant and substantial damage to him in addition to an irreparable loss of reputation, goodwill and deception to the public”.

In his petition, the film star said, if the producer was allowed to use the name or image or style of delivering dialogues in the upcoming movie, “it would cause significant and substantial damage to him.”

He added despite he being an exceptionally well known and enjoying the adoration and recognition of his fans across the globe, has deliberately chosen not to authorise any biopic featuring him or create any work based upon his personal self/personality as he is personally against such gross commercialisation of his name and reputation. This has been his personal choice for the past several decades, added the petition.

In the petition, he further added the production firm had not approached him or obtained his consent or permission, either written or oral to use his name, caricature, image and style of delivering dialogue in its forthcoming feature film and has been going ahead with the project.