This post covers the judgement delivered by the Kerala High Court in Sajeev Pillai v. Venu Kunnapalli & Anr., earlier this month.
‘Mamankam’ is a grand festival which used to be held once in 12 years on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river in Kerala during the 14th to 19th century. The appellant, Sajeev Pillai, a film director and a script writer, claims to have researched the history of Mamankam and to have written a script for a film. Stated to be his dream project, Pillai met Venu Kunnapalli, the first respondent while searching for a producer to make a film based on the script. Thereafter, he signed an MoU with Kavya Film Company which was associated with Kunnapalli.