Kondaduvom Entertainment, Rep.By Its Director Mr.Gautham Vasudev Menon v. K.Punniyamoorthy

Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 17-03-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY A. Nos. 463 of 2026, 2719 & 2720 of 2023 in O.A.No.283 of 2023 M/s. Kondaduvom Entertainment, Rep. by its Director Mr.Gautham Vasudev Menon, 69A, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017. ..Applicant in A.No.463 of 2026 Mr.Gautam Vasudev Menon, No.61/3, Gandhi street, Kanagam, Taramani, Chennai-600 113. ..Applicant in A.No.2719 of 2023 Mr.S.Venkataramanan, S/o.Mr.Somasundaram Old No.15, New Nos.44 & 46 Rathinam Street, Gopalapuram, Chennai-600 086. ..Applicant in A.No.2720 of 2023 Vs

¶1K.Punniyamoorthy

¶2Mr.K.Prem Kumar (Respondents 1 & 2 are residing at 5B, River Heights Apartments, 315 Valluvar Kottam High Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034.)

¶3M/s.Escape Artists Motion Pictures Rep. by its Sole Proprietor Mr.Madan Pandy, No.69A, Habibullah Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017. ..Respondents Page2 of 4 Prayer in A.No.463 of 2026 : Application is filed to implead the Applicant as Proposed Respondent No.4 in O.A.No.283 of 2023 pending on the file of the Hon'ble High Court, Madras. Prayer in A.No.2719 of 2023 : Application is filed to implead the Applicant as Proposed Respondent No.2 in O.A.No.283 of 2023 pending on the file of the Hon'ble High Court, Madras. Prayer in A.No.2720 of 2023 : Application is filed to implead the Applicant as Proposed Respondent No.3 in O.A.No.283 of 2023 pending on the file of the Hon'ble High Court, Madras. In A.No.463 of 2026 & 2719 of 2023 For Applicant: Mr. T.R.Rajagopalan, Senior Counsel for Ms. Revathi Manivanan For R1 & R2: In A.No.2720 of 2023 For Applicant : For R1 & R2: Mr.Srinath Sridevan, Senior Counsel for Mr.Suryateja SS Nalla Mr.A.Abdul Hameed, Senior Counsel for M/s.AAV Partners Mr.Srinath Sridevan, Senior Counsel for Mr.Suryateja SS Nalla Page3 of 4 COMMON ORDER The applicants have applied for an interim injunction restraining the respondents from alienating or encumbering the Tamil movie titled "Dhruvanatchathiram". Three third parties to such application have applied for being impleaded as respondents in the original application. Learned senior counsel representing the impleading applicants submit that they are partners in a firm called "Kondaduvom Entertainment", which produced the movie "Dhruvanatchathiram". Therefore, it is stated that any order issued in the original application would affect the impleading applicants.

¶2Learned senior counsel for the original applicant referred to memorandum of understanding dated 31.03.2018 to point out that the impleading applicant in A.No.2719 of 2023 is one of the witnesses to the memorandum of understanding. Therefore, he contends that he cannot claim ignorance.

¶3Given the fact that the impleading applicants are partners in the firm engaged in the production of "Dhruvanatchathiram", it appears that they are likely to be affected by any orders in the original application. Therefore, these applications are allowed as prayed for. As a consequence, the applicants are directed to carry out the amendments in O.A.No.283 of 2023 on or before Page4 of 4

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J. KJ

27.03.2026 and serve a copy of the amended application on all the respondents within two days therefrom.

¶4List the original application on 02.04.2026. 17-03-2026 KJ A. Nos. 463 of 2026, 2719 & 2720 of 2023 in O.A.No.283 of 2023