Mangaluru, Jul 2: Kannada novelist Sarah Aboobakker, who had filed plagiarism case against award winning movie ‘Byari’, has won the legal battle, over eight years after the release of the move.
Released in 2011 and directed and written by P K Suveeran, ‘Byari’ is the first feature film to be made in Beary language. The film was screened at various film festivals where it received positive reviews. It also won the Swarna Kamala at the 59th national film award function.
Sarah Aboobakker had claimed that her work, Chandragiriya Teeradalli, had been used to make the movie ‘Byari’ without her permission
The third additional district and sessions court judge Muralidhar Pai B upheld Ms Aboobakker’s contention and directed Altaf Hussain, the producer not to screen the movie anywhere henceforth.
The court also directed the movie-makers to pay her a compensation of Rs 2 lakh with an interest for the period that the case was in trial, that is, eight years and 12 days, along with the court costs.
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