Will there be a delay for Thoppil Joppan release ?

Earlier there were reports that court has stayed the release of Megastar Mammootty starrer Thoppil Joppan. The movie was tangled over a copyrights issue. The court has issued stay on the release of the movie based on the complaint from Shibu Thekkumpuram hailing from Kothamangalam.

Now producer Noushad Alathoor has come out witrh a statement that he has not even seen Shibu Thekkumpuram and was not aware of the complaint he has filed in the court.

The producer insisits that he has only used Nazar’s name only in the title cards and Nazar is in no way related to the movie. Also Noushad Alathoor claims that all the rights for the movie is with him and he is not responsible for Nazar’s financial dealings. He also stresses that the complaint will only be squashed and it will not affect the release of the movie in any manner.

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Shibu Thekkumpuram in his complaint has claimed that the producer has sold the copyright to him for an amount of 25 lakhs. But later he has sold the copyrights to some other company before the release without his knowledge. So Shibu Thekkumpuram has filed a complaint and wants the release to be stayed immediately. The complaintant has filed the case against Abdul Nazar from Kalamassery, SN Group from Kadavanthara and Real Media Technologies.

Thoppil Joppan was initially scheduled to be released on October 7th along with Mohanlal’s Pulimurugan. Thoppil Joppan also stars Mamta Mohandas, Andrea Jeremiah, Alencier Ley, Kaviyoor Ponnama, Saju Navodaya and Jude Anthany Joseph in other important roles.