Kerala music band Thaikkudam Bridge charges ‘Kantara’ makers with plagiarism
Bengaluru: The Kerala music band Thaikkudam Bridge has accused the production team of Kannada movie ‘Kantara’ of plagiarism and warned that the band would take legal action for violation of copyright laws.
On Monday, the band posted on Instagram that the tune of the song ‘Varaha Roopam’ in ‘Kantara’ has been copied from their song ‘Navarasam’, reported India Today.
It has also said that the band is not affiliated with ‘Kantara’ in any way, adding that the similarities between their song and that in the movie would be ‘a blatant infringement of copyright laws’.
Pointing out that ‘plagiarism’ cannot be equated with ‘inspired’, the band has said on Instagram, “We will be seeking legal action against the creative team responsible for this. There has been no acknowledgement of our rights over the content and the song is propagated as an Original piece of work by the movie's creative team.”
Thaikkudam Bridge has requested listeners as well as other artistes to spread awareness on the matter and help the band protect its creations.
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ISRO successfully conducts second integrated air drop test for Gaganyaan mission
New Delhi (PTI): Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
The system is essential to ensure a safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which astronauts sit during a human flight -- during re-entry and landing.
Union minister Jitendra Singh congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully conducting the test.
"Congratulations #ISRO for the successful accomplishment of Second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) for #Gaganyaan, India's first Human Space flight scheduled next year. The second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) was successfully conducted at Satish Dhawan Space Station Sriharikota," Singh said in a post on X.
The IADT-02 follows the successful completion of the first IADT, which took place on August 24, 2025, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
Air drop tests recreate the last leg of a spacecraft's return to Earth. An aircraft or helicopter drops the spacecraft from a height to test various systems under different scenarios.
These are the deployment of the parachute system in case the mission is aborted mid-flight, system performance when one parachute fails to open and the spacecraft's orientation and safety during splashdown etc.
In the IADT-02 test, a simulated crew module, weighing about 5.7 tonnes, was lifted by an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter to an altitude of about three kilometres and released over a designated drop zone in the sea, near the Sriharikota coast.
In a statement, the ISRO said, "Ten parachutes of four types were deployed in a precise sequence during the descent of the crew module, gradually reducing the velocity for safe touchdown. Subsequently, the simulated crew module was successfully recovered in coordination with the Indian Navy."
