Hyderabad:Manjummel Boys, a Malayalam survival thriller starring Soubin Shahir and Sreenath Bhasi, has been making headlines this year. However, this time not for the right reasons. R. Ilaiyaraaja, an ace music composer, has sent a legal notice to the makers of Manjummel Boys for "unlawfully" exploiting the song Kanmani Anbodu Kaadhalan from the Tamil film Guna in their film without his approval, permission, or licence.
Manjummel Boys, as previously said, is a survival thriller film that follows the story of a group of 11 friends planning a trip to Kodaikkanal. The picture takes a grim turn when one of the friends falls into a pit inside the Guna Caves, which is named after Kamal Haasan's 1991 film of the same title. The plot revolves around how the other characters battle against all odds to save their friend.
Throughout the film, the protagonists make many references to the Kamal Haasan film, which also serves as the main reason for the characters' excursion to the cave. Furthermore, the film's producers incorporated the song Kanmani Anbodu from the 1991 picture at a pivotal time in the film. Now, Ilaiyaraaja has sent a copyright notice to the creators as a result of this usage.