In an interesting turn of events, former secretary of the Tamil Film Producers Council, PL Thenappan, has come out in support of Kamal Haasan in the ongoing Uttama Villain row.
Thirrupathi Brothers has filed a complaint against actor Kamal Haasan with the Tamil Film Producers Council. The production house has said that Kamal had failed to keep up his promise of acting in another film for them to make good the losses caused by his earlier film, Uttama Villain. The production house has sought the intervention of the Producer Council in this regard and urged them to impress upon the actor to keep his promise of acting in another film for them., Tamil News - Times Now
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