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Madras High Court upheld the earlier prohibition on a Mumbai-based film production company from using name, image, caricature and style of delivering dialogues of superstar Rajinikanth in its filming "Main Hoon Rajinikanth" movie. Faisal Saif is directing the controversial romantic romantic movie while, Tamil actor Adithya Menon and Kannada actress Kavita Radheshyam are in lead role.

Justice R Subbiah orders for restraining Varsha Productions from using the actor's name in any manner in the film. The judge said the company was not entitled to use the name without Rajinikanth's authorization.

The super star filed a suit seeking Rs 25 lakh as damages and an application seeking to restrain the company from using his name in any manner whatsoever amounting to infringement of copyright.

During the earlier hearing on September 17, 2014, the court had issued the interim injunction restraining the company from using the name of Rajinikanth till further orders. In its final order on the application of Rajinikanth on Friday, the judge referring to a judgment of Bombay High Court observed "If any person uses the name of a celebrity without his/her permission the celebrity is entitled for injunction, if said celebrity could be easily identified by the use of his name by others. In the instant case, on seeing the name of Rajinikanth in the title of the impugned movie, the persons who are coming across the title of the impugned movie, are identifying the name only with the petitioner herein, which is evident from the website pages hosted by different persons,".

The veteran actor Rajinikanth before approaching the court by way of the civil suit, had actually issued a legal notice to the film company which was, however, returned by Varsha Productions.

-Kannamsai