‘Haven’t Signed Any Agreements On Film Rights,’ Says Sanal Kumar Sasidharan – FilmyVoice
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, who’s greatest recognized for his movie ‘Horny Durga’, on Friday, clarified that he had not signed any agreements
Nicely-known Malayalam director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, who’s greatest recognized for his movie ‘Horny Durga’, on Friday, clarified that he had not signed any agreements with anybody relating to his rights in any of the movies he had directed from ‘Oralpokkam’ to ‘Chola’ and its Tamil model ‘Alli’.
Taking to Instagram to make his stand clear, the well-known director wrote: “It is a public discover: I’ve not signed any agreements with anybody relating to my rights in any of the movies I’ve directed from ‘Oralpokkam’ to ‘Chola’ and its Thamizh model ‘Alli’.
“As ‘Oralpokkam’ was made with crowd funding, it was determined on the time of manufacturing that the copyright could be left free after 5 years of its launch and accordingly, the copyright of that movie now belongs to your entire public.
“After the systematic violence in opposition to me and my movies began in 2019, there have been strikes to bury all of the movies from ‘Ozhivudivasathe Kali’ to ‘Kayattam’. The most recent proof is the letter despatched to the gross sales agent by Joju George urging them to cease the worldwide distribution of the movie ‘Chola’ with out consulting me. I’ll write extra about this later with proofs if wanted.
“Now, I’m scripting this for one more purpose. I’m the unique content material creator of all my movies. Their censor certificates are the indeniable proofs of this truth. As the unique content material creator, I retain full copyright within the absence of another agreements.
“No copyright switch agreements exist with anybody for another movie, besides an settlement with Manju Warrier for the switch of my copyright within the movie ‘Kayattam’.
“Legally that is the standing till I’ve written and transferred my copyright by a written settlement after the fulfilment of the verbal agreements that numerous producers arrived with me.”
“On this case, it’s hereby made public that any sale or contract of my movies aside from ‘Kayattam’ with out my information or consent is void as per the Copyright Act.”
