Days after Nandamuri Balakrishna's film Akhanda 2 was postponed merely hours before its release, Karthi's latest film Vaa Vaathiyaar has faced a similar fate. The film, which was passed with U/A certificate, was postponed due to legal issues
Vaa Vaathiyaar
Actor Karthi's latest film, Vaa Vaathiyaar, with director Nalan Kumarasamy, which was all set to hit screens on 12 December, has been postponed just hours before its release. The update comes after the Madras High Court issued a stay order against the film's release. This comes just days after Nandamuri Balakrishna's Akhanda 2 was also potponed last minute owing to similar issues.
Karthi's Vaa Vaathiyaar Postponed
The film will not be released on its scheduled date owing to the production house Studio Green’s KE Gnanavel Raja's legal case. The court’s order is based on a debt of Rs 10.35 crore, which has reached Rs 21.78 crore with interest. This sum was reportedly borrowed by the producer from businessman Arjunlal Sundardas, who was declared insolvent by the Madras High Court in 2014.
A few days ago, the official assignee managing Sundardas' assets demanded the recovery of the amount while requesting an interim injunction against the film’s release.
During the hearing before the assignee’s counsel, the Madras High Court noted that despite repeated chances, Gnanavel Raja had failed to repay the debt amount. The court further reviewed the producer's repayment history with the repeated extensions already granted. Meanwhile, Gnanavel Raja’s legal team offered to pay Rs 3.75 crore within 24 hours. Additionally, they also offered property documents for the remaining amount. However, the proposal was rejected by the division bench, mentioning that the extensions of deadlines had not been honoured in the past.
The court stated, “Sufficient time and multiple opportunities have already been granted. The producer had misused the extensions and shown no serious intent to settle the dues. Creditors have been waiting for years to recover their money.” The delay in repayment led to the court’s decision to temporarily halt the film’s release across all platforms.
The official court order mentioned, “Until the entire debt is fully repaid, Vaa Vaathiyaar shall not be released in theatres, OTT platforms, or any other medium.”
CBFC clears Vaa Vaathiyaar
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had earlier cleared director Nalan Kumarasamy's eagerly awaited commercial entertainer Vaa Vaathiyaar, featuring actors Karthi and Krithi Shetty in the lead, with a U/A certificate.
Studio Green, the production house producing the film, took to its X timeline to make the announcement. It wrote, "Certified "U"ltimate "A"ura. U/A 7+ Certified - Karthi_Offl's Vaa Vaathiyaar is all set for December 12. A NalanKumarasamy Entertainer. A Music_Santhosh Musical. VaaVaathiyaarOnDec12 VaathiyaarVaraar."
Apart from Karthi and Krithi Shetty, the film will also feature a host of actors such as Sathyaraj, Rajkiran, Anand Raj, Shilpa Manjunath, Karunakaran, G M Sundar, Ramesh Thilak, P L Thenappan, Vidhya Borgia, Nivas Adthitan and Madhur Mittal.
(With inputs from IANS)
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