The Madras high court on Thursday issued notice to Rajinikanth on a petition seeking to restrain release of his new film, Kabali, until he paid Rs 89 lakh, promised as compensation, to distributor of his previous outing, Lingaa, which released in 2014. Justice MM Sundresh before whom the petition by Sukra Films, a film distribution firm came up, issued notice to Tamil Film Producers Council, Rajinikanth and other respondents and adjourned the matter for tomorrow. The petitioner sought a direction from the court to restrain release Kabali till the amount was settled. Read: Kabali | Two-minute scene from the film leakedOf this amount, Rs 1.70 crore was paid to Coimbatore, Erode, Nilgiri, Tiruppur (CENT) Theatre Owners Association. Watch Neruppu da song from Kabali here:He also claimed that the company had a financial loss of Rs 7.45 crore in Coimbatore distribution circle alone.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2016 06:22 UTC