It
seems
that
the
global
recession
is
now
affecting
the
Tamil
film
industry
as
well
Mani
Ratnam's
big
budget
venture
with
Reliance
Big
Pictures,
Ravana,
a
bi-lingual
in
Hindi
and
Tamil
is
now
facing
trouble
due
to
the
financial
crisis.
According
to
sources,
recently
Reliance
had
sent
a
letter
to
Mani
Ratnam
to
cut
short
the
Rs.120
crore
hefty
budget
of
the
film.
In
that
letter,
the
corporate
giant,
which
had
struck
deals
with
Hollywood
studios,
instructed
Mani
to
reduce
up
to
50
percent
of
the
production
cost.
Reliance
Big
Pictures
has
told
Mani
that
his
film
is
not
commercially
viable
as
per
the
rate
at
which
they
had
purchased
the
movie
due
to
global
meltdown
and
recession.
Mani
will
now
have
to
either
look
for
a
new
producer
or
do
some
cost
cutting
if
he
has
to
continue
with
the
film.
This
has
come
as
a
major
setback
to
Mani
who
has
been
shooting
his
film
on
a
lavish
scale
in
the
forests
of
Kerala.
The
company
has
also
postponed
their
other
Tamil
films
like
Cheran's
Autograph
-
2,
Hari's
Singam
to
be
produced
by
Studio
Green
featuring
Surya,
and
Fazil's
new
film
with
Prithviraj.