Kamal Haasan Faces Legal Battle For “Uttama Villan” Failure

Filmmakers Lingusamy and Subash Chandra Bose of Tirrupathi Brothers have filed a complaint against legendary actor Kamal Haasan at the Producers Council. The trio worked together on the 2015 film Uttama Villain, which the producers claim pushed them into debt. They are now alleging a breach of contract on the actor’s part.

Lingusamy’s Allegations On Kamal Haasan

Lingusamy claimed in a recent interview with Touring Talkies that after Uttama Villain failed to perform well at the box office, Kamal Haasan promised to work on another film with the production house with a budget of ₹30 crore. Lingusamy further said that the legendary actor supposedly changed the script multiple times, blaming it for the box office failure. He also claims that they approached Kamal for the remake of Drishyam, but he did the film with another producer.

Lingusamy further stated, “At first, he told us about a super commercial film about a person like Velu Naicker (Kamal’s role in Mani Ratnam’s 1987 film Nayakan) rescuing his brother from goons. Siddharth was supposed to play the brother, but the problem with Kamal is that he keeps changing his mind often. He has done that before and succeeded. Had I been a director, it would have been a different thing, but I went in as a producer.”

Thirrupathi Brothers’ Statement

The official account of Thirrupathi Brothers also shared a statement in mid-April, calling out a YouTube channel for claiming Uttama Villain was a hit. The statement reads, “Padma Shri Mr Kamal Haasan’s Uttama Villain was a movie that caused huge economic loss and financial crisis for our company and Mr Kamal Haasan also knows this very well. He gave written assurance to our company that he will act and produce one more film for Thirrupathi Brothers to cover the huge loss of Uttama Villain.”

The statement further adds, “While Thirrupathi Brothers is busy with those works, the YouTube channel Valai Pechu spreads misinformation that Mr Lingusamy said Uttama Villain is the biggest profitable film. This is absolutely reprehensible. We request you not to spread such wrong and false information on social media.”