Chennai: The makers of the Tamil movie ‘Mrs&Mr’, informed Madras high court on Wednesday that the song composed by maestro Ilaiyaraaja, ‘Siva Raathiri’, was used in the film after obtaining permission from its copyright-holder, Echo Recording Company. The company added that the name of the music director was removed from the credits of the movie after his objection.The issue pertains to a plea seeking to restrain the makers of the movie ‘Mrs&Mr’ from using a song composed by him titled ‘Siva Raathiri’. Ilaiyaraaja alleged that the song composed by him for the Tamil movie ‘Michael Madhana Kama Rajan’ was used without his authorization.Counsel for the producer of the movie submitted that the rights to use the song were obtained from Echo Recording Company and, therefore, there was no copyright infringement. To this, the petitioner wanted the court to restrain the makers from using the composer’s name in the film.Responding to the submission, the producer contended that Sony Music acquired rights to 4,850 songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja and that the song used in the film was obtained through Sony Music. He also informed the court that Ilaiyaraaja’s name was already removed from the film credits.Recording the submissions, Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed that Sony Music be included as a party to the case and adjourned the matter to Aug 18 for further hearing.
