Daijiworld Media Network - Entertainment

Chennai, Jan 9: Seven distributors of the movie 'Lingaa' have threatened to go on a hunger strike if their money is not recovered or reimbursed by the film producers and actor Rajnikant. Actor Rajnikant is now being hounded by 7 distributors who are asking him to recover the money that they have lost for investing in the distribution right of his recently released movie 'Lingaa'. When two of his previous films 'Baba' and 'Kuselan failed, Rajnikant had made sure that the distributors who had put in their money did not suffer any losses.

This time round before the actor could say or do anything, the distributors it seems have pounced upon him and are demanding that their losses be recovered from the producers of the movie who had claimed that it would be a hit. The producers apparently had claimed that a movie starring Rajnikant would always be a hit and many distributor also beleived that as will usual Rajnikant hit movies they make an average of a 20% profit.

The distributors lamented that they had taken loans from various quarters for this particular venture and were now sitting in debt instead of having paid off all debts on the profit that they had believed to be gaining from the success of this movie. M Reuben a distributor from Kanyakumari said, “In 2002, Rajinikanth compensated distributors when his Baba flopped. He did it in 2008 when Kuselan failed at the box office; we too have put in our hard earned money, some of us even raising it from the markets. Why can't he intervene for us? Nearly a month after collections have barely crossed Rs 1.50 crores.”

Apparently when they contacted the producers, they were informed that such losses were a part of the industry and that they should be taken in stride rather than a demand for loss recovery. The movie that was touted to be making a lot of money has barely made Rs. 1.50 crores since its release, and this despite the star studded cast of Rajnikant and Sonakshi Sinha. After the first few days and the bad reviews the movie has been running to empty theatres and raking in nothing but losses for the distributors who claim to have borrowed money heavily from the markets for this venture.