Chennai, Sept 19 (BPNS)
Tamil Super star, Silambarasan has informed Madras High Court that he was entitled not to return the advance money of Rs 1 crore he had taken from Vels Film International for acting in the movie, Corona Kumar.
He said that the move Corona Kumar was not shot one year within July 16, 2021 when he had signed the artist agreement.
Silambarasan has filed a counter- affidavit to a case filed against him by the production company Vels Films International before the Madras High Court. The actor also prayed before the court to vacate an ex-parte interim order passed by it on August 29, 2023. The court had directed the actor to furnish security for the amount of Rs 1 crore or have to end up suffering further orders.
The case came up before hearing in the bench Justice Abdul Quddhose, the counsel for Silambarasan, Vijayan Subramanian told the court that the actor has been paid an amount of Rs 1 crore as advance money and not as Rs 4.5 crore as claimed by the producer and added that his total remuneration for the movie was Rs 9.5 crore.
The actor in his affidavit said that he had agreed to allot 50 days of his call sheet within one year from the date the advance agreement was signed upon. He said that even pre production works of the movie did not commence before July 15, 2022
The advocate of Silambarasan also informed the court that the actor need not return the advance money taken if the shooting of the movie does not commence one year within the payment of advance.
His advocate also prayed before the court that Silambarasan has now committed to act in an untitled movie, STR#48 under the banner of Rajkumar film International.
However the advocate of Vels Film International, M. Santhanaraman contended before the court that the advocate must not be allowed to take advantage of his own wrong by posturing that he would not return the advance money as he had not acted in the movie, Corona Kumar.
The lawyer also informed the court that the film producers council has issued a red card against the actor on the basis of a complaint lodged by another producer also.
The court adjourned the case for further hearing to October 6th
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