The Madras High Court rejected an appeal by filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon and Photon Factory, instructing them to pay ₹4.25 crore plus 12% annual interest to R.S. Infotainment. This decision concludes a prolonged disagreement over an unfinished film project dating back to 2008. Justices P. Velmurugan and K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi upheld the prior judgment, stating Menon and his company must refund the amount received for the unrealized film project.
The legal battle stemmed from a 2008 agreement where R.S. Infotainment agreed to finance a Tamil film, ‘production no. 6,’ with a budget of ₹13.5 crore. Despite paying ₹4.25 crore to Photon Factory in installments, the film never materialized. Menon and Photon Factory argued that their obligations were fulfilled through the 2012 film ‘Neethaane En Ponvasantham,’ but the court ruled this film was unrelated to the initial contract.
The court upheld the directive for Menon and Photon Factory to repay ₹4.25 crore with 12% interest from May 2010, along with litigation costs of ₹12 lakh. This ruling brings an end to the legal dispute between the production entities.
