Madras High Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Producer Of Arvind Swami Starrer “Bhaskar Oru Rascal” Over Unpaid Dues

Justice P Velmurugan noted that the producer had not disclosed his assets despite a court order to do so in 2020. Though Murugan's counsel informed the court that he had disclosed his assets, the court issued an arrest warrant and adjourned the case to July 8.

Arvind Swami had approached the court in 2019 after Murugan failed to pay the remuneration dues and repay a loan taken from Arvind Swami. He informed the court that as per an agreement between the two, Murugan was to pay Rs 3 Crore to Arvind for acting in the movie as the lead. Of this, Murugan had paid Rs. 2,70,00,000 and was liable to pay the balance of Rs. 30,00,000 along with other charges as applicable. Additionally, Murugan had also taken a short term loan of Rs. 35,00,000 from Arvind to help with the release of the film on time.

The actor had also informed the court that after deducting TDS he had received a sum of Rs. 2,43,00,000 and it was the producer's duty to remit the amount deducted as TDS. Since Murugan had not remitted any amount, Arvind sent the legal notice. The actor had alleged that Murugan was making a deliberate attempt to refuse the legal notices.

Satisfied with Arvind's case, the single judge, in 2019, directed Murugan to pay Rs. 30,00,000 as professional charges, Rs. 35,00,000 towards settlement of loan amount, deposit Rs. 27,00,000 for TDS deducted and to pay a sum of Rs. 2,00,000 as compensatory cost. Following this, Arvind had also moved an execution petition.

Case Title: Arvind Swami v K Murugan Kumar

Case No: A 3281 of 2020 and EP 95515 of 2020 (Filing No)