Producers complain about Pyramid Saimira

Producers Manivasagam and Siva Kumar have a filed a case against Pyramid Saimira for allegedly refusing to pay them the commission amount of Rs. 40 lakhs. Manivasagam and Siva Kumar have alleged in their plaint that Pyramid Saimira entered into a pact to distribute the film Valluvan Vasuki produced by them. In return, the

distributors agreed to pay Rs. 50 lakhs for the distributorship rights and a 10 per cent commission from the total collections at the theatres. they refused to pay the amount, which totals to Rs. 90 lakhs, complained the producers. Yet another allegation is that they were initially asked to pay Rs. 20 lakhs towards advertisement costs but during the final billing, Pyramid Saimira insisted that the costs escalate to Rs. 27 lakhs. On hearing the plea, Justice Rama Subramanian ordered the defendants Pyramid Saimira to file a counter within a week.