Madras
High
Court
recently
sent
a
legal
notice
to
actor
Vishal
and
director
MS
Anandan,
after
the
production
house
Trident
Arts
filed
a
case
against
them
to
stop
the
OTT
release
of
the
actor's
next
Chakra.
As
per
the
production
house's
plea,
Vishal
reportedly
owes
them
Rs
8
crore
as
compensation
after
the
poor
box
office
performance
by
his
last
film,
Action,
directed
by
Sundar
C.
The
high
court
has
decided
to
conduct
a
hearing
in
the
presence
of
Vishal
and
MS
Anandan.
Notably,
in
the
plea
to
the
Madras
High
Court,
Trident
Arts
claimed
that
Vishal's
last
film
Action
was
earlier
planned
to
be
made
on
a
small
budget,
but
it
was
the
actor
who
convinced
them
to
spend
Rs
44
crore
on
the
project.
They
further
added
that
he
even
promised
them
to
bear
the
loss,
if
Action
failed
to
make
a
minimum
collection
of
at
least
Rs
20
crore
at
the
box
office.
Unfortunately,
Action
failed
to
make
a
mark
at
the
box
office
and
managed
to
earn
only
Rs
7.7
crore
and
Rs
4.4
crore
in
Tamil
Nadu
and
Andhra
Pradesh-Telangana,
respectively.
Vishal
reportedly
agreed
to
act
in
one
more
film
Chakra,
directed
by
MS
Anandan
under
the
same
banner
to
compensate
for
the
loss
of
the
2019
film.
However,
the
production
house
got
a
shock
after
finding
out
that
Chakra
is
being
produced
under
the
actor's
banner
Vishal
Film
Factory
and
their
decision
of
releasing
it
on
OTT
platform.
In
the
plea,
Trident
Arts
further
alleged
that
Chakra's
script
is
the
same
which
they
had
planned
to
produce.
Hence,
the
production
house
has
urged
Madras
High
Court
to
hold
the
release
of
Vishal's
next
until
their
disputes
are
resolved.
Now,
the
production
house
seeks
Rs
8.29
crore
from
Vishal
as
a
compensation.
Vishal
and
Anandan
will
have
to
reply
to
the
notice
by
Thursday
(September
24).