Distributors deny Vijay's involvement in 'Lingaa' loss fiasco

Komal Vally Nair, Chennai.

After Rockline Venkatesh’s outburst, the distributors met the press yesterday and clarified certain things about their stand. 

Singaravelan, the Trichy-Tanjore area distributor said “I never abused Rajinikanth in my statement and if there is one word which hurt Rajinikanth then it would be question ‘Whether Rajini’s birthday is a National holiday to release Lingaa’ and I’m openly apologizing for it, the statement came out of frustration”.

When the reporters asked whether the distributors are acting as per the advice of actor Vijay to defame Rajinikanth? The distributors denied and said “We mentioned Vijay’s Kaththi because it is the big film of 2014 and there is no motive behind it”.

The distributors added “The same Vendhar Movies Siva got Rs 5 crores as compensation from Vijay for Thalaivaa’s loss, Ajith did Billa in order to settle the losses causes by Red and Anjaan losses are also settled. Asking a compensation from a top hero film is not new to Tamil cinema”.

Distributors also revealed that Vendhar Movies has recently invited all of them to their office and asked to write an apology letter so that they can move forward for compensation but the distributors refused to submit their apology letter as they feel that they have not commited any crime.