HYDERABAD: A local court on Monday issued summons to Tollywood actor Mahesh Babu, film director Koratala Shiva and producer Y Naveen, to appear before the court on March 3, in connection with the petition filed by a novelist M Sarath Chandra citing copyright breach.
Earlier, Sarath Chandra had moved the court seeking action against founder of MB Creations Mahesh, Maitri Movie Makers founder Naveen and Koratala Shiva, alleging that the trio made Srimanthudu movie based on his novel ‘Sachentha Prema’.
The novelist had also earlier filed a petition in the city civil court requesting an injunction as the movie was being remade in Hindi. He also requested the court to direct the police to register a case against the trio for copyright violations.