Ayyappan of Sri Devar Pictures, who is a close aide of Sun Pictures former CEO Hansraj Saxena, on Monday filed a police complaint against Sun Group. Ayyappan was accompanied by Saxena when he came to the Chennai City Police Commissioner's office to meet Commissioner S George to register his complaint.
According to Ayyappan, Sun Pictures had failed to pay Rs 24 crore to him and other distributors. He said that he was associated with Sun in distributing as many as 17 films.
It may be recalled that only recently producer-director Shakti Chidambaram filed a complaint against top officials of Sun Group, including its chief Kalanithi Maran, over the telecast of 'Kaavalan'.
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05:39 PM, Dec 18, 2012
The Madras High Court has directed the police not to arrest Sun Group chairman Kalanithi Maran, on a complaint filed by film director and producer Sakthi Chidambaram. In his complaint, Sakthi Chidambaram stated that he had entered into an agreement with Sun TV Network for telecasting Vijay starrer 'Kaavalan', for Rs 5.5 crore. "However, the film was telecast on Sun TV before I was paid the entire amount," alleged Sakthi...
10:42 AM, Dec 13, 2012
As per Forbes.com, the 48-year-old is currently 24th in the list of richest Indians. ...
03:04 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Mumbai: No-frills airline SpiceJet on Wednesday said its shareholders had approved promoter Kalanithi Maran picking up an additional five per cent equity by infusing about Rs 100 crore in the company. The move will take the overall holding of promoters in the airline to 48.6 per cent. SpiceJet informed BSE that shareholders had approved the allotment of up to 42,900,000 equity shares to Maran on a preferential basis. The filing...
06:33 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Mumbai: SpiceJet promoter Kalanithi Maran will pump Rs 100 crore into the airline by picking up an additional 5 per cent equity-a development that stands out in the industry that is going through turbulent times mainly due to rising fuel costs. The fund infusion by billionaire Maran comes in sharp contrast to cash-starved Kingfisher Airlines which has been unable to raise fresh funds for a host of reasons, compounded by...
03:28 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Naveen Jindal, the Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Steel, is the top paid CEO in the country, with an income of more than Rs 67 crore per annum, according to data from Capitaline Database. Following Jindal is Kalanithi Maran, the Chairman & Managing Director of Sun TV Network. Maran's annual income amounts to more than Rs 64 crore. List of 15 top paid CEOs in India: 1)...
05:27 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Chennai: The CBI on Monday conducted raids at former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's residence in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. An FIR was registered against the Maran brothers - Dayanidhi Maran, Kalanidhi Maran, Ralph Marshall and T Anandakrishnan on Sunday, under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI conducted searches in Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi. The CBI also conducted raids at Apollo Group's Sunita Reddy's residence. Reddy, who has...
08:04 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Finding clinching evidence against DMK leader Dayanishi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to file an FIR against him and his brother Kalanithi Maran. It will be the first regular case to be lodged by the CBI as an outcome of its investigations into the alleged irregularities in the spectrum allocation in the pre-A Raja period. At that time the...
07:47 AM, Sep 30, 2011
Mumbai: The shares of media major Sun TV, promoted by Kalanithi Maran, tumbled in Thursday's trade a day after the CBI told the Supreme Court that it would take a decision on bringing formal charges against his younger brother, Dayanidhi. The younger Maran, who was the communications minister from May 23, 2004 to May 15, 2007, is alleged to have arm twisted former Aircel promoter Sivasankaran into selling his stake...
01:13 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Mumbai: Broadcasting firm Sun TV on Friday denied any involvement in the 2G scam and said allegations were being levelled to harm the reputation of the company and its promoters. There has been a steep fall in the prices of the company's shares possibly triggered by baseless allegations and rumours linking the company with certain happenings relating to the 2G scam. "We wish to inform that Sun TV Network and...
01:50 PM, Jun 03, 2011
The airline claims a market share of 13 per cent and operates 129 flights daily to 18 cities. ...
08:22 PM, Jun 12, 2010
Broadcast empire survives political crackdown, beats competitors. ...
01:22 PM, Dec 07, 2009
