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Cheran, other producers demand Vishal’s resignation from TFPC post
At the general body meeting held on Sunday, Cheran and other producers demanded that Vishal resign from his post as the president of TFPC.
The general body meeting of Tamil Nadu Film Producers’ Council (TFPC) held on Sunday ended abruptly after producer Cheran and other members of the council demanded Vishal’s resignation, reported Times of India.
According to the report, this happened as members were unhappy about Vishal’s decision to contest elections from RK Nagar as they are expecting flak from the state government. Producers depend on the subsidy provided by the state government and also depend on the government that moderates disputes about satellite rights of the films.
Producer Rajan was quoted by TOI as saying, “The producers’ council has never opposed the government. When some questioned the office-bearers over Vishal’s decision to contest the RK Nagar bypoll, Vishal said the question will be addressed later. Vishal asked for the meeting to proceed as per the agenda. Then there was a ruckus and the meeting came to an end.”
The meeting was to discuss producer Ashok Kumar’s death, welfare of small-budget film producers and satellite rights. The meeting saw the presence of 400 producers including SA Chandrasekar, Sundar C, Prakash Raj, SR Prabhu and T Rajendar.
T Rajendar told TOI, “When a former office-bearer like S Radhakrishnan (who runs Maruthi Films) wanted to pose a question, the organisers refused to give him the microphone,” and added, “Radhakrishnan wanted to ask Vishal if he was working on recovering the pending dues from TV channel. But he was not allowed.”
Vishal also faced allegations of corruption over the council funds to which he told the publications, “The opposing members are blocking our initiatives. We have submitted the accounts for the money spent by the office-bearers since April.”
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