Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's latest Telugu flick has sparked outrage after he allegedly changed its name from Savitri to Sridevi. It is reported that the actress' husband Boney Kapoor has sought an explanation from the director for using Sridevi's name without her consent. His notice says that the title is bound to make the public at large believe that the film is associated with Sridevi.
It is also reported that Boney tried to contact RGV, in response to which he sent a press note as his explanation on WhatsApp text. The note read:
My response to the legal notice sent to me by Sridevi with regard to my film Sridevi
In the legal notice sent to me, there seems to be an apprehension that the film Sridevi is based on a crush I personally had for Sridevi in my college years... I,many times over the last 5 years expressed this publicly in both the media and also to her which was taken by all concerned in a humorous and healthy spirit
Now coming to the film Sridevi,the story is about a teenager's infatuation towards a 25 year old woman...a subject matter like this was earlier dealt with, in such films as Malena, Cinema Paradiso, Summer of 42, Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker etc to name just a few... But coming to the film Sridevi neither is the woman playing the title role in my film is an actress nor the boy is a director..Also there's a huge age gap between the boy and woman in the film Sridevi which is not the case with me and the real Sridevi
The title has been given to us by the Andhra Pradesh Film Chamber which is the authorised body for such deeds... moreover films with this same title Sridevi have been made and released atleast 3 times in the last two decades... The Film chamber already sent a reply saying that they are well within their rights to grant the title to us.
The film was earlier titled Saavitri but we changed it not for reasons of the protests as some sections of the media are falsely reporting... The reason for the change in title is due to a miscommunication on the production part they went ahead with the title without acquiring it from the previous right holder of the title... when the previous title holder refused to give the title we changed it to Sridevi.After the producer got the title he went ahead with the printing of standees and hoarding with the new title... When Mr.Boney Kapoor called me I explained to him both orally and in a msg which I have also given to the press with regard to clearing the speculations on the so called controversial content of the subject...
I am deeply hurt by this action of Sridevi whom I always admired and respected and I strongly believe that she was influenced by others with vested interests... I am going ahead with the title Sridevi because I am well within my legal and moral rights to use it... legal because a name cannot be copyrighted and also like I said the film has nothing to do with the real Sridevi to the extent that the protagonist is not even an actress... moral because I know in my heart that I will never do anything to degrade or demean Sridevi and the final outcome of the film will prove that...
The film Sridevi is about a teenage boy's infatuation towards an older woman. Explaining further, the director has written on his Facebook page that the age of the boy is such that he is just sexually awakening and the film is about how he gets affected due to his exposure to pornography and various other things present in today's culture. It is also about how he is influenced by such things as glamorous heroines and also due to advertisers using sex to sell their various products.
According to media reports, RGV changed the name of the movie to Sridevi after the public raised voice against the Savitri. Apparently the posters have garnered immense criticism from the moral police and the State Child Rights Protection Commission has also filed a case against the director for the violation of child rights.
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