<p>A court here today ordered summons to actor Vijay, A R Murugadoss, director of Tamil movie "Kathi" and its producers in connection with a petition filed by one Anbu Rajasekhar, who claimed that the plot of the film had been copied from his documentary "Thaga Bhoomi" (Thirsty Earth).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Judge M N Mohammed Ali ordered issue of summons to Vijay, Muragadoss and producers Karunakaran and Subbashkaran to appear before the court on January 7 next year.<br /><br />The petitioner also sought a direction from the court against dubbing of the film to other languages.<br /><br />Rajasekhar had also filed another petition seeking compensation for which the the Judge directed the actor, director and producers to appear before the court on January 23 next year.<br /><br />The petitioner submitted that the documentary was produced in 2012 and wanted to release it as a film. The documentary had won the state-level competition and was also shown in Norway. Several magazines carried good review about the movie.<br /><br />"Kathi" was a copy of his plot Thaga Bhoomi, he contended. <br /></p>
<p>A court here today ordered summons to actor Vijay, A R Murugadoss, director of Tamil movie "Kathi" and its producers in connection with a petition filed by one Anbu Rajasekhar, who claimed that the plot of the film had been copied from his documentary "Thaga Bhoomi" (Thirsty Earth).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Principal District and Sessions Judge M N Mohammed Ali ordered issue of summons to Vijay, Muragadoss and producers Karunakaran and Subbashkaran to appear before the court on January 7 next year.<br /><br />The petitioner also sought a direction from the court against dubbing of the film to other languages.<br /><br />Rajasekhar had also filed another petition seeking compensation for which the the Judge directed the actor, director and producers to appear before the court on January 23 next year.<br /><br />The petitioner submitted that the documentary was produced in 2012 and wanted to release it as a film. The documentary had won the state-level competition and was also shown in Norway. Several magazines carried good review about the movie.<br /><br />"Kathi" was a copy of his plot Thaga Bhoomi, he contended. <br /></p>