Udhayanidhi Stalin falls prey to political vendetta

He���s basking in the success of his latest release but Udhayanidhi Stalin still has reason to worry. Reason? His film has not been granted tax exemption, thus resulting in a 30 per cent loss for him from the collections.
���The seven-member committee has rejected the film as not being fit for tax exemption. When we asked them, they said it was pressure from his higher authorities,��� he stated at a press meet recently, ���Though I hail from a political family, I concentrate only on my films.I���m being unnecessarily dragged into this issue by the authorities. There is political vendetta in this decision and this will affect not just me but a whole lot of distributors and theatre owners as well.���
The actor-producer is also peeved that while other films have got the same exemption, his film has been deemed not fit for the same. ���I don���t want to hurt some other producers but another recently-released film has an entire song in English and that has been given tax exemption,��� he stated.
His last film as producer, 7aum Arivu, faced a similar situation. ���That film was given the tax benefit only after it ran for 125 days or so. It was almost as if the authorities were adamant that we shouldn���t receive any benefit,��� he signs off.