Trial in case against film director Shankar adjourned to next month Updated: Updated: Writer alleges that the director copied his short story for the film Endhiran Share Article Writer alleges that the director copied his short story for the film Endhiran The Metropolitan Magistrate Court-II, Egmore, on Friday adjourned a trial proceeding in a case filed against film director Shankar to next month. The case was filed by Tamil writer Aarur Tamilnadan, who alleged that a short story of his had been copied and made into a movie Endhiran, starring superstar Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai and others. Plea in SC In October last year, the Supreme Court had dismissed a petition by Mr. Shankar challenging the order of the Madras High Court in connection with a copyright violation case against him for the movie