Suriya’s 'Jai Bhim' lands into legal trouble, FIR filed. Check details here

Jai Bhim, a Tamil movie directed by TJ Gnanavel in 2021, is about a tribal guy who is wrongfully convicted of committing robberies and subsequently escapes from police captivity. This crime legal drama received an 8.9 rating on IMDb and was well-liked by viewers.

V Kulanjiyappan, reportedly on whom a character was depicted in the movie, has filed this FIR under the copyright act.

Kulanjiyappan claims to own the film's copyrights and that Jai Bhim is his struggle story. Furthermore, he adds that the royalties were not paid by the makers. The Chennai Police Department registered the FIR on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.


Details of the FIR against Jai Bhim
According to the report, the entity who has registered this complaint claims that the character of Jai Bhim is his struggle story. On receiving a direction from the magistrate court, the Chennai Police of Sastri Nagar has taken this complaint. The filmmakers had allegedly promised him that they would pay royalties to him.



T J Gnanavel and the production unit, 2D Entertainment, are named in the FIR filed under copyright act Sec. 63(a).

V Kulanjiyappan added that in January 2019, TJ Gnanavel met him at his residence and promised a sum of INR 50 lakhs as royalty as well as shares in Jai Bhim's profits. The complainant said that TJ Gnanavel has not fulfilled the promise.

Kulanjiyappan reported that the film Jai Bhim portrays bad things about his community and that the Jai Bhim filmmakers have economically exploited the victims. There are multiple bitter controversies raised against this film, earlier.

The Vanniyar Sangam community will issue a legal notice to Jai Bhim's filmmakers or Kulanjiyappan raising a copyright violation allegation against the filmmakers. The director also tweeted a note of apology saying that he never wanted to hurt the sentiments of any community or group in particular through his direction of the film Jai Bhim.