![]() This is a hero-driven industry that lacks discipline and process Vishal, president, Tamil Film Producers Council I request the police to take stringent action and bring justice to the innocent’s death and also consider this as a murder and not suicide. ![]() We wish all producers stay united and work towards the welfare of each one of us. It’s time, we put an end to such financiers who harass producers and conduct kattapanjayathu. This is why I was forced to lodge a complaint with the police two months ago. With Maayavan, even though I had repaid the entire amount that I’d borrowed from him, he kept saying that I owed him money and refused to provide an NOC. And once Anbu doesn’t like you or if you question him, he will cause problems and threaten you. Since I did not like the way he was abusing me, I demanded the documents he had received from me, but he did not give them back. Even banks do that.īut what Anbu does is that he gets documents from a producer before lending money, but even after the producer repays the amount, he doesn’t return those documents. This is a business where there will be a loss one time or the other, and investors usually provide a grace period. I have worked with other financiers, too, and they have been understanding. While making Maayavan, I was unable to pay interest for a month or so, and he started abusing me for that, even though I had been regular with paying him until then. Where the problem happens is when you can’t pay the interest for a month for some reason. Since our first transaction was smooth, I kept going back to him for money again for a couple of other films. I was introduced to Anbu by Gnanavel Raja in 2014, and he has financed a few films of mine. Here’s what Kollywood has to say about Ashok Kumar’s death.Įven though I’d repaid the entire amount that I’d borrowed from him, he refused to provide the NOC It’s time that the industry weeded out these anti-social elements and high-interest financiers. While there have been several allegations against the financier, he has apparently been evading the law, citing political connections. An industry insider on condition of anonymity says that Kollywood is in such a state that without the supply of money from Anbu, no movie can go on the floors. While the industry has expressed its shock, no big actor has come out condemning the kandu vatti or Anbu. People in the know also say that he has been the reason for many producers and actors going bankrupt or even leaving the industry and running for their lives. It was alleged that he was behind the suicide of noted producer Gee Vee, Mani Ratnam’s brother and a case was also filed. Also, those who take money from him are pretty aware of his alleged gruesome past. ![]() In his suicide note, he had written that he was taking the extreme step unable to withstand the humiliation by Anbu Chezhiyan, a loan shark.Īnbu Chezhiyan is not a stranger to the cinema industry. Barely a month after a daily wage labourer committed suicide in front of the Tirunelveli Collectorate by dousing himself and his family, unable to bear the torture by loansharks (kandhu vattikkarar), director and actor Sasikumar’s relative and his business partner Ashok Kumar committed suicide on Tuesday in his Chennai apartment.
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