Sai Pallavi and Sivakarthikeyan’s superhit Tamil film, Amaran, is garnering praise from critics and audience, especially after it released digitally. In the OTT version of the film, a scene, because of which the makers found themselves in legal soup, has been removed.
The OTT version omitted a scene that originally displayed the personal mobile number of a Chennai-based engineering student, resulting in the individual being overwhelmed with calls from strangers.
On 6 December, the makers of the film reportedly informed the Madras High Court that they had blurred the mobile phone number and had obtained a fresh censor board certificate before releasing the movie on Netflix.
A few days back, it was reported that the college student sent the makers a legal notice, demanding Rs 1.1 crore in damages, claiming that his number was leaked during a scene in the film.
The said scene featured Sai Pallavi’s character, Indu, tossing a crumpled piece of paper with her phone number to Sivakarthikeyan’s character, Mukund.
The student also stated that his phone has been buzzing continuously due to calls and messages from Sai Pallavi’s fans, wanting to speak to the actress. Fed up by the ordeal, he sued the makers for Rs 1.1 crore, seeking compensation for “untold hardships and mental agony”. He had also asked the makers to remove his number from the film immediately to avoid further trouble.
Amaran tells the story of Major Mukund Varadarajan, who was awarded the Ashoka Chakra posthumously for sacrificing his life during a counterterrorism operation for India.
