Enthiran’ plagiarism case: Non-bailable warrant issued against director Shankar

A magistrate court in Chennai has issued a non-bailable warrant against director Shankar after he failed to appear before the court for over 10 years in connection with a case of story theft.

A short story writer named Arur Tamilnandan had alleged that the director had used his story for his blockbuster film Enthiran starring Rajinikanth.

In 2010, the writer filed a case in the Madras High Court alleging copyright violation of his story Jugiba which was first published in a magazine named Iniya Udayam in April 1996. However Shankar had denied the allegations.