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While the Malayalam film Drishyam is set to be remade in Tamil with Kamal Haasan, a fresh controversy has hit the makers. Reportedly, Hindi film producer Ekta Kapoor has acquired the movie rights of Japanese author Keigo Higashino's book, The Devotion Of Suspect X. Now, Ekta's legal team has claimed that Drishyam is a film adaptation of the novel, for which they have purchased rights. Apparently, they have sent a legal notice to the makers of Drishyam as the Malayalam film is also going to be remade in Hindi.

However, the film's director Jeethu Joseph, who will also be directing the Tamil version, clarifies, "After Ekta's legal team sent us the letter, I watched the Japanese film, Suspect X, which is an adaptation of the Japanese novel. There could be similarities between my film and that Japanese film, but my film is neither an adaptation nor a copy. The Japanese film is also about a murder cover-up and hence the allegation. Similarities are quite common in the works of creators and that shouldn't be made into an issue."

He adds, "Ekta's team might be concerned that the Drishyam Hindi remake may affect their project. But this remake will be different from their project as my film is completely not based on that book. Anyway, I won't be directing the Hindi version as I have prior commitments in Malayalam."

He reveals that Ekta's legal crew had raised this issue some time back, when the Hindi remake was announced. "They had sent letters to the makers but there has been no legal proceeding as yet. This is being raked up again now as I have launched the Tamil remake with Kamal Haasan," Jeethu says.