The Madras High Court on Friday, June 23, 2023 granted time till June 28 for Udhayanidhi Stalin, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, who’d previously had an acting career, to file a counter affidavit to an application by a film producer, to restrain the release of the movie Maamannan, in which he stars, along with actor Vadivelu and others.
Justice K. Kumaresh Babu said, he was not inclined to grant an interim injunction without hearing the other side. He, therefore, granted time till June 28 for senior counsel N.R. Elango, representing the actor and production house Red Giant Movies, to file a counter affidavit since the movie was scheduled to release on June 30.
In his affidavit, the applicant, film producer Rama Saravanan of OST Films, claimed to have entered into an oral agreement with Mr. Udhayanidhi in 2018 to play the lead role in a movie titled Angel directed by K.S. Adhiyaman. He also claimed to have paid an advance of ₹30 lakh to Mr. Udhayanidhi, as against the total agreed remuneration of ₹1.25 crore.
