Controversy over Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Parasakthi’ title; Vijay Antony claims registering the title in Telugu

Posters of Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Parasakthi’ and Vijay Antony’s ‘Parashakthi’
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A controversy has erupted over the ownership of a film’s title, between Dawn Pictures, the makers of Sivakarthikeyan’s upcoming film Parasakthi, and Vijay Antony Film Corporation, the banner bankrolling Vijay Antony’s Shakthi Thirumagan, which is also titled Parashakthi in Telugu.
On Wednesday (January 29), Vijay Antony Film Corporation released a first-look poster featuring Vijay to reveal the title of the star’s upcoming film with Aruvi-maker Arun Prabu Purushothaman. While the Tamil poster carried the title Shakthi Thirumagan, Parashakthi featured as the title for the Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam posters.
Meanwhile, the same evening, Dawn Pictures unveiled a title teaser to announce Parasakthi as the title of filmmaker Sudha Kongara’s upcoming bilingual, starring Sivakarthikeyan, Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa and Sreeleela. The posters, in Tamil and Telugu, featured Parasakthi as the title.
The issue blew over when Vijay Antony released a certificate issued by The South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce, which states that the star’s banner had registered the title ‘Paraashakthi’ in Telugu on 22nd July 2024.

Responding to the same, Dawn Pictures released their certificates, from the Tamil Film Producers Council and the Telugu Film Producers Council, dated 13th January 2025 and 11th January 2025 respectively, certifying that the banner has registered the title ‘Parasakthi’ in both languages. Further, the banner also released the Central Board of Film Certification’s censor certificate for the theatrical title teaser of their film in both languages.

Meanwhile, AVM Productions, the banner that produced the iconic 1952 Sivaji Ganesan-starrer Parasakthi, released a letter announcing that it has passed the baton of the title to Dawn Pictures. “The story they are going to tell will carry forward the spirit of resistance which will only make our title burn brighter and continue to inspire future generations,” the letter read.

Letter from AVM Productions
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Special Arrangement
1952’s Parasakthi, directed by Krishnan–Panju and written by M Karunanidhi, marked the acting debut of the late legendary Sivaji Ganesan. The film, thanks to its famous court scene in particular, is revered as a masterpiece in Tamil cinema.

Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi has a script written by Sudha and Arjun Nadesan. With cinematography by Ravi K Chandran and editing by Sathish Surya, the film will have music scored by GV Prakash Kumar.
Vijay Antony’s Shakthi Thirumagan/Parashakthi, features Vaagai Chandrasekar, Sunil Kriplani, Cell Murugan, Trupthi Ravindra, and child actor Keshav. Vijay Antony will be handling the music for the film. Cinematographer Shelley Calist and editor Raymond Derrick Crasta, who were a part of Arun’s films Aruvi and Vaazhl,are also on board.
Published – January 30, 2025 12:01 pm IST
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