Director claims rights on Nair-san biopic

Thiruvananthapuram | Thursday | 6th February, 2020

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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Director Albert Antony has warned of legal action against anyone attempting to make a film on the life of freedom fighter Aiyappan Pillai Madhavan Nair, popularly known as Nair-san. Albert said the family of Nair-san had given him the permission to make the biopic. “The script of Nair-san was registered 2007 as per Copyright Act 1957 in India and is also registered at the Writers Guild of America (West) in 2016,” he said in a statement. “I came across news in some online and mainstream publications that the movie Nair-san has been announced. I have not given permission for any such movie and want to request people behindthe announcement to restrain from such acts which will have legal repercussions,” he said..