The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed actor T.R. Silambarasan to furnish security for ₹1 crore within three weeks. The direction was issued on an application by Vels Film International Limited, to restrain the actor from acting in any other movie without completing one its films, Corona Kumar.
Justice Abdul Quddhose issued the direction after the applicant’s counsel M. Santhanaraman told the court the film production house had paid ₹4.5 crore to the actor, out of a total agreed consideration of ₹9.5 crore, for acting in Corona Kumar, and yet, the actor was not willing to fulfil his commitment, as agreed upon in 2021.
However, on perusing the written agreement entered into between the production house and the actor on July 16, 2021, the judge found that it mentioned a sum of only ₹1 crore having been paid as advance to the actor, for acting in Corona Kumar, and there was no mention regarding a payment of ₹4.5 crore.
