It is original, not inspired!

Renigunta finally hit theaters today after a long tiff with the censor board. The film tells the story of five youngsters who are on the wrong side of the law. There has been speculation that Renigunta bears resemblance to the flick ‘City of God’. This Portuguese film tells the story of two youngsters who grow up in a violent locality of Rio De Janeiro and go separate ways in life with one of them taking to crime.

When questioned about this, Renigunta director Paneerselvam said that he had indeed watched ‘City of God’ and liked it very much, but his movie had nothing to do with it. Renigunta is completely original with no inspiration taken from ‘City of God’ he averred.