Nayanthara and her husband, director Vignesh Shivan, have found themselves embroiled in a legal dispute with actor-filmmaker Dhanush. The controversy began when Dhanush filed a Rs 10 crore copyright infringement case after the trailer of Nayanthara’s upcoming Netflix documentary featured a 3-second clip from the film Naanum Rowdy Dhaan,

After Nayanthara issued an open letter to Dhanush for sending her a Rs. 10 crore legal notice for usage of a 3 seconds clip from 'Naanum Rowdy Dhaan', her husband, Vignesh mocks the actor.

On November 16, 2024, Nayanthara addressed an open letter to Dhanush, accusing him of jealousy and blocking footage from their film for her Netflix documentary, Nayanthara: Beyond the Fairytale. Her husband,

The legal clash escalated after Dhanush’s team demanded Rs 10 crore for the behind-the-scenes video, despite the couple’s two-year-long effort to secure permission to use elements from the film in their project.

After Nayanthara's open letter against Dhanush, her husband, director Vignesh Shivan, also shared a post supporting his wife. He posted an old clip of Dhanush talking about 'love and positivity' at a film event.