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'Manjummel Boys' starring Soubin Shahir and Sreenath Bassi was released in February 2024. The Malayalam film has landed in legal trouble after noted Tamil music composer Ilayaraja issued a legal notice over the unauthorized use of a song from the Tamil film Kanmani Ambodu Kaadaran. Guna (1991), Manjumer Boyz According to the report, Ilaiyaraaja said that the makers of Manjummel Boys had no "consent, authorization or permission" to make the song Kanmani Ambodu Kaadaran featuring Kamal Haasan "illegally" without "the same amount as demanded." “ to receive ". A statement from Ilayaraja's lawyer said that the song was composed by him. The makers of Manjummel Boys have acknowledged this fact in their title card, which states, "The original gesture or reference cannot retain the license /permission/to replace the Customer’s Content for such use.”

Since this piece of music was exploited commercially without authorization or payment of royalties or license fees, his legal team demanded damages from producer Manjummel Boys for the unauthorized use and requested that the composer's permission be obtained or that the work as music be immediately removed from the film. . It was reported that the notice warns of appropriate civil and criminal proceedings if the film's producers Soubin Shaheer, Babu Shaheer and Sean Anthony do not pursue either option. Manjummel Boys is a survival drama that tells the story of a group of eleven friends from Kerala who plan to travel to Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu. Their journey takes a dire turn when one of their friends falls into a hole in the Guna Cave, named after the 1991 Kamal Haasan film of the same name. Manjummel Boys then shows how the other friends fight against all odds to save their friend.