Provide security for ₹85 lakh or face action, HC tells Simbu
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The Madras High Court has directed actor R. Silambarasan alias Simbu to provide security for ₹85.50 lakh within four weeks or end up facing attachment proceedings with respect to his household articles, including refrigerator, television, washing machine, cots, sofa set, fans, geyser, grinder, mixie, air conditioner and dining table with chairs.
Passing interim orders on an attachment application preferred by Passion Movie Makers, Justice M. Govindaraj ordered that a car owned by the actor and his mobile phones should also be attached if he does not provide security for ₹50 lakh, along with interest of ₹35.50 lakh, which he had reportedly received as advance for acting in a movie titled Arasan.
The judge agreed with M. Santhanaraman, counsel for the production house which had filed a civil suit for recovering the money, that the actor had not produced any evidence to prove his claim of having suffered huge losses due to the plaintiff and that it was liable to forfeit the advance amount paid to him for not having commenced the project on time.
In its plaint, the production house had claimed to have entered into an agreement with Mr. Silambarasan for casting him in the lead role in Arasan. His remuneration was fixed at ₹1 crore and an advance amount of ₹50 lakh was paid on June 17, 2013. However, the actor did not keep up his commitment. Aggrieved over his action, the plaintiff had filed the present suit for recovery of the advance amount with interest. Though the actor admitted to have received the advance, he claimed that the plaintiff would have to forfeit the amount for allegedly not having commenced the proposed movie on time.
Article source: https://www.ndtv.com/cities/varanasi-flyover-collapse-negligence-the-main-cause-say-sources-1852962
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