By:
Settu
Shankar
Wednesday,
August
01,
2007
Film
director
Saran
has
lodged
a
police
complaint
against
partner
and
art
director
Mohana
Mahendran.
In
his
complaint,
he
claimed
that
the
art
director
cheated
him
out
of
3.5
crores.
Saran
is
the
director
who
has
directed
hits
like
Kaadhal
Mannan,
Amarkalam,
Parthein
Rasithein,
Gemini
and
Vasool
Raja
MBBS.
Whats
more
interesting
is
that
Mohana
Mhendiran
was
the
art
director
for
all
these
films.
The
complaint
says
that
he
was
in
charge
of
the
production
and
distribution
of
the
films
produced
by
Gemini
Productions,
the
production
company
that
he
formed
with
Mohan
and
cinematographer
Venkatesh.
Two
films
were
produced
under
the
banner
-
Muni
and
Vattaram.
Both
the
films
did
good
business
at
the
Box
Office.
Saran
claims
that
Mohana
cheated
him
out
of
him
the
money
that
was
made
by
the
two
films.
He
claims
that
the
profits
are
his
since
he
funded
the
two
projects
himself.
Saran
was
not
aware
of
this
as
he
kept
himself
busy
with
organizing
shooting
schedules
and
finalizing
scripts.
The
police
said
that
they
would
inspect
the
director's
complaint.
Saran
said.
"I
trusted
my
partner
a
lot.
I
didn't
expect
that
he
would
betray
my
trust.
I
hope
that
the
police
clear
the
matter
soon."