Veteran actress Sridevi, who played the role of the queen in Vijay’s ‘Puli’, had recently filed a complaint that the producers of “Puli” owe her Rs 50 lakh remuneration. Makers of “Puli” now released a four-page statement and claimed that Sridevi owes them Rs 20 lakh, but they don’t owe her anything.
Producers of ‘Puli’ said that they agreed to pay Rs 2.7 Crore remuneration along with Rs 30 lakh service tax to Sridevi at the time of signing. However, Sridevi’s husband, Boney Kapoor later demanded the makers that she would participate in the shoot only if she was paid extra for releasing the film in other languages.
Then makers decided to pay her 20 percent of the Hindi satellite rights, Rs 55 lakh and Rs 15 lakh for the Telugu version. Later, Boney Kapoor convinced the makers to release the flick in Hindi by promising that Sridevi has a good market in Hindi. Despite the makers spent Crores just for publicity, the actress didn’t even attend the audio launch.
Makers claim that Sridevi owed them Rs 20 lakh.