Filmmaker Aanand L Rai has responded to the Rs 84 crore lawsuit filed by Eros Worldwide Media Ltd, which has accused him of mental property violations linked to his 2013 movie Raanjhanaa. Calling it a routine enterprise dispute, Rai downplayed the controversy and stated it was greatest left to legal professionals.“These are a part of life. While you step into enterprise, such issues maintain taking place,” Rai instructed NDTV. “I don’t even know why, how, or from the place this has come. However I feel it’s a authorized matter, so let the authorized individuals deal with it.”
‘It’s nothing severe,’ says the filmmaker
Sustaining that the case doesn’t fear him, Rai added that such allegations shouldn’t be taken personally.“There’s a lawyer on their facet, and a lawyer from right here will reply too. I don’t assume it has any that means. Anybody can say something about something at any time,” he stated, including, “Because it’s a authorized matter, I gained’t converse a lot about it, however it’s nothing severe.”
What Eros Worldwide has alleged
Eros Worldwide Media Ltd has accused Rai and his manufacturing banner, Color Yellow Media Leisure LLP, of unlawfully leveraging the mental property of Raanjhanaa whereas selling Tere Ishk Mein, which launched in November 2025.The corporate has claimed unique rights over Raanjhanaa, together with its copyright, registered emblems, characters, dialogues, and sequel or remake rights. In response to Eros, these parts have been used with out permission to counsel a inventive or narrative hyperlink between the 2 movies.
Teaser, characters and ‘non secular sequel’ declare
The lawsuit was triggered by a teaser launched in July 2025, which Eros alleges featured phrases, visuals, background rating parts and references pointing in the direction of the Raanjhanaa universe.A key level of dispute is characterisation. Eros has claimed that Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub’s character in Tere Ishk Mein carefully resembles his Raanjhanaa position Murari, whereas Dhanush’s character allegedly mirrors Kundan Shankar’s emotional arc, creating an impression of continuity.
Case now earlier than the Bombay Excessive Courtroom
Regardless of issuing a cease-and-desist discover in July 2025, Eros has alleged that the movie continued to be positioned as a “non secular sequel”. Following its launch, the corporate has sought Rs 84 crore in damages for alleged copyright infringement, trademark violation and passing off.The swimsuit names a number of defendants, together with Aanand L Rai, Color Yellow Media Leisure LLP, author Himanshu Sharma, T-Sequence and Netflix Leisure Companies India LLP. The matter is presently being heard by the Bombay Excessive Courtroom.