Kamal Haasan, who recently went to New Delhi to register his party Makkal Needhi Maiam with the Election Commission of India, said that actress Gautami Tadimalla has been paid and her dues have been cleared.
According to a report, Kamal in response to a question, said, “We have already reimbursed Gautami for the work she has done. When Gautami could tell people that she was not paid, why couldn’t she tell when the payment was made.”
As reported earlier, Gautami took to her blog and gave details of her dissociation from her former partner. In the blog titled ‘Past is past – there are reasons for it’, the actress said that she had been stressed ever since rumors started spreading that she’s going to join hands with Kamal again under the light of his forming a political outfit.
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Gautami, in her blog, wrote “During the nearly thirteen years of our life together, the work that I did as costume designer, was only for films produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, (RKFI), and for films that Mr Haasan made for other producers. And this was my primary source of income as my working both in front of and behind the camera in other’s projects was actively discouraged. In addition to this, it grieves me greatly to have to say that as of October 2016, I had salary dues pending right from earlier films like Dasavataram, Vishwaroopam, etc.” She further added that despite repeated attempts, she was still not paid her dues.
Later, Kamal Haasan’s production company Raaj Kamal Films International (RKFI) denied the claims made by Gautami and said that if Gautami produces proof, the unpaid dues would be settled. Also they stated that they were not the ones who produced the films she has mentioned in the blog, it was Aascar Ravichandran, who produced Dasavatharam under his production firm Aascar Films and PVP Cinemas bankrolled Vishwaroopam.