The makers of Tamil fantasy drama Puli have claimed that actress Sridevi, who played an evil queen in the film, owed them Rs 20 lakh and contrary to her claims, they “didn’t owe her a single penny”.
Sridevi had reportedly filed a complaint at the Mumbai Producer’s Council that the producers of Puli owe her Rs 50 lakh. In a four-page statement, producers Thameens and PT Selvakumar said they signed the actress for their film ‘out of respect’ and agreed to pay Rs 2.7 crore as her salary along with Rs 30 lakh as service tax.
The makers said they spent crores just for the sake of Sridevi. Despite doing so much, she didn’t even come for the film’s audio launch. “She owes us money,” the statement concluded.
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