ashok kumar kainth a historian is reportedly threatening legal action against the makers of ram setu starring akshay kumar in the lead according to reports the punjabi who heads the department of ramayan research committee in sri lanka alleged that his research work and life story have been used in the film without his permissionthe abhishek sharma directorial follows dr aryan an atheist archaeologistturnedbeliever who must race against time to prove the true existence of the legendary ram seturead alsoram setu box office collection first weekend akshay kumar starrer beats thank god crosses rs 55 crore nettakshay kumar starrer ram setu has crossed the 50 crore mark at the end of its first extended weekend the movie released on the occasion of diwali and clashed with ajay devgan and sidharth malhotra started thank god due to indias match at the ongoing t20 world cup few people turned up toram setu beats laal singh chaddha and earns a spot in the top opening weekends of 2022akshay kumar starrer ram setu has managed to make a decent hold at the box office the film raked in rs 825 crore nett on thursday taking its threeday total to rs 3425 crore nett with this ram setu has landed a spot in the top 10 threeday weekend collection of original hindi films ofthank god extended weekend collection ajay devgnsidharth malhotra starrer struggles with just rs 26 croreajay devgn and sidharth malhotra starrer has had a poor weekend at the box office the film released on the festive occasion of diwali and has clashed with akshay kumar starrer ram setukainth has claimed that the lead characters story is actually based on his lifein an interview with indian express he alleged that his research work was used in the film without his consent however he also went on to add that the makers fabricated some parts of the storybut things have been fabricated in the movie which should not have been done said the historian adding that this would also be a case here of copyright infringement ashok also added that the movie would have been much better if the filmmakers had approached him with their story he also said that he wouldnt have mind if the team reached out to him and took him into confidence meanwhile ram setu grossed a little over rs 55 crore nett over its six days at the box office the film that opened with a prmissing rs 15 crore start on october 25 sadly couldnt hit the double digits over its first weekend earning just around rs 725 and rs 775 crore on its first weekend