Cheating case: Tamil film producer Kalaippuli S Thanu in trouble

CHENNAI: Tamil film producer and distributor ‘

Kalaippuli

’ S

Thanu

now faces the prospect of being sent to judicial custody after a city court here ordered to arrest the producer in a cheating case. His silver screen hits include the recently released

Kabali

.

55-year-old C David of Puthukkudiyiruppu in Nagercoil said he was the owner of a film theatre in Puthukkudiyiruppu. He had entered into an agreement with the producer that he had to be compensated if he suffered loss in screening the 2009 released film, Thirumagan, with Suriya in the lead role. As he incurred loss , Thanu had to pay Rs two lakh to the theatre owner. As the producer did not pay the amount, David moved the principal subordinate court, Nagerkoil seeking directions to recover the amount with interest.

In 2013, the court ruled in David’s favour, following which he filed a transit and execution petition before the X assistant city civil court to transfer the case and recover the amount. Counsel for David, K

Elangovan

said the case was transferred to the city as Dhanu was based in Chennai. “Dhanu has spent several crore on making the movie Kabali and he has the sufficient resources for repaying David,” said Elangovan.

On Tuesday, judge K Ganesan ordered to arrest Dhanu for not following court orders by November 28 — the next date of hearing.