Dhanush starrer ‘Thiruchirambalam’ has set a new record at the box office in Tamil Nadu. Kalaipuli Thanu’s film Nane Varavane, despite taking the name of a quality film, had to surrender before Ponni’s Selvan’s Devaralan’s performance. However, the film collected 13 crores across Tamil Nadu. This is also seen as an achievement.
In this case, Dhanush’s next film is “Vaathi”. Produced by Telugu producer Vamsi at a huge expense, the song “Va…Vaathi” is celebrated by the youth. The distribution rights of the highly anticipated film are in trouble due to misbehavior by some mediators in Chennai.
The film company announced on their social media pages on September 19 that Vaathi will release on December 2. The distributors who showed interest in buying the film were also told that the film will be released on December 2nd. Believing in this, a company called “Aranya Cine Combines” asked for distribution rights to 5 areas except City, NSC. The price for this was negotiated as Rs.8 crore and an advance payment of Rs.3 crore was given on October-18. Since October 24th is Diwali, the distribution company accepted the producer’s offer that the deal could be signed after Diwali. But as said, the production company did not give the contract after Diwali and two weeks passed.
Due to pressure from the distribution company, the production company, which sent a sample contract on November 6, said that the film would release in April or February. The distribution company immediately refused and demanded that the film should be released on December 2 as told, and if not, the advance money should be returned immediately.
As the producer did not want to release the film on December 2nd, the production company said that the advance payment will be returned immediately and no interest will be given. The distribution company accepted this and informed that no interest is required if the money is paid immediately. But as told, instead of giving the money on November 6th, the production company gave only Rs 2 crore on November 23rd and promised to give the remaining Rs 1 crore in two days. The distribution company was distressed as they did not return the Rs.1 crore on November 26, as they had accepted the delivery.
In this case, the production company officially announced that the film will be released on February 17th, so the distribution company sent a letter to the producer saying that in order to cover the interest loss, they will distribute the film at the discussed price, keep Rs.1 crore as advance payment and pay the remaining amount of Rs.7 crore a week before the release of the film. Due to no response to that letter and no payment of Rs.1 crore, the distribution company approached the Madras High Court on December 8th and stated that as per copyright law, the rights of the film are theirs as their advance payment is in the possession of the producer and they will pay the remaining Rs.7 crore to the court two weeks before the release of the film.
Accepting this request, the court asked the producer to appear on December 15. But the production company did not appear in the court. After this, the court adjourned the case to December 21 and it is said that the appropriate order will be issued.
According to the copyright law, the distribution rights of five areas are in the possession of “Aranya Cine Combines”, so the distributors are warned that none of the distributors should be fooled by listening to the mediators.
