FEFCA General Secretary B. said that he is with director Hemandi in the ‘Higvita’ controversy. Unnikrishnan. B. that Higuita is a personal name, as we all know, and that the title belongs to no one. Unnikrishnan told Manorama Online.
Higuita is the name of a famous goalkeeper. We have enjoyed his football prowess. Many stories have come from that image, both tragic and not. Using that one image, N.S. It is also true that Madhavan sir made an icon and we all loved and worshiped it very much. But it doesn’t make sense to say that someone else should never use that image again. He also gave the story a suitable title. That alone does not make him own that title.
How many stories have come out in the name of ‘Napoleon’. Attenberg made a film titled ‘Gandhi’. There is no point in saying that a man named ‘Gandhi’ should not write another story. For example Vanaprastha is the story of MT Sir. But Shaji N. When Karun used that title for a film, he didn’t ask to change it. MT did not raise any objection to it then. Later, based on MT’s Vanaprastha, A.K. When Sajan made a film, it was titled Pilgrimage.
All these exchanges between writers and directors are part of a mutual relationship. This is the first time such a strange problem has come up. If the movie is copying the story in any way, then there will be a copyright issue. His writing is a property. It is only his. No one disputes that. If a topic comes up, we will stand with Madhavan sir.
But now we’re with the writer-director on the issue of the title. With Hemand. We now want him to get the protection required by law. We have also asked him to approach the court for the same.
The Film Chamber took a decision out of Madhavan sir’s complaint. We see that as an unfortunate position. When a great writer like him raised a complaint, they must have had difficulty in judging it. That is why they asked for the court’s position to make the complaint transparent. That is what we have now asked of Hemand. Higuita is a personal name as we all know. When copyrighting a title, especially when copyrighting a person’s name, we must also know the legal aspects of it. We can ask the court itself for a position on this matter. Let us accept the position of the court.”-B. Unnikrishnan said.