A spokesman for the distribution company Pyramid Saimira, which is showing the film across Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, said the movie had so far collected Rs.210 million since its release Aug 1. He expressed confidence about 'Kuselan' covering the costs of Rs.600 million before being taken off theatres.
Saimira however, was noncommittal about accepting the compensation and did not react to the allegations made by the other distributors and exhibitors.
Sources close to Rajnikant told IANS late evening that the thespian's 'fabled munificence will ensure none would be out of pocket'.
While the star did not charge any fee from the Tamil producer and his mentor K. Balachander, the Telugu version's producers had paid Rajnikant a fee of Rs.100 million.
The movie icon had Friday recommended several cuts to improve the collections of the movie.
The matinee idol had underwritten the losses of his earlier flop 'Baba' (2005) to the tune of over Rs.250 million and helped distributors and exhibitors stage a smart recovery through his subsequent release 'Chandramukhi' (2005) which created box office history.
'Chandramukhi' ran for 800 days consecutively in Shanti Cinema, owned by the company that produced the film in the heart of the city - breaking the 64-year-old record created by 'Haridas' (1944).
Source - Yahoo
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