Sri Lanka, July 21 -- The Colombo Commercial High Court issued an Enjoining Order restraining Jagath Sumathipala and Sumathi Studios from screening, releasing, distributing, broadcasting, selling, licensing or otherwise commercially exploiting the film presently titled 'Rihanna', formerly titled 'Rizana: A Caged Bird', without the consent of its director and co-producer, Chandran Rutnam.

The order was issued by Colombo Commercial High Court Judge Amali Ranaweera following a plaint filed by Chandran Rutnam, who alleged that the defendants had, without his knowledge or authority, renamed the film, altered its content and attempted to commercially exploit the work while misrepresenting its authorship and creative credits.

The plaintiff fu...