Thaskaraveeran release stayed

The Madras High Court has stayed the release of the Malayalam film Thaskaraveeran based on a petition filed by the film financier Pankaj Mehta. The financier stated that the producer Vindhayan had agreed to pay the finance last week but did not do so and deferred the release to the coming Friday (May 20th). But the financier learnt that moves were being made to release the film without paying the balance amount. The court ordered the stay of the release of the film.

The film has Mammootty and Nayantara in the lead and is directed by Pramod Pappan. This stay order would bring a situation whereby Mammootty's Rapaakal which is scheduled for release in the first week of June clashing with Thaskaraveeran, if the latter's problem are not solved before next Friday.