A Hyderabad-based advocate has issued a legal notice to a Kannada film director not to make a film on self-styled godman Nithyananda which portrays a 'distorted version' of his life.

Advocate Krishna Kumar Bhagawati has issued the notice to Madana Mallu not to make 'Satyananda' as it "depicts only the police version of Nithyananda (depicting the alleged sleaze scandal involving a regional actress), which is false and baseless", senior counsel for Nithyananda, KV Dhananjay said.