PROBLEM IN RELEASING KAVIN'S LIFT? HERE'S WHAT THE CONTROVERSY IS ALL ABOUT - DEETS!

The horror-thriller movie directed by debutant Vineeth and Produced by EKAA Entertainment has both Kavin and Amritha playing IT professionals in the film. While two singles have been released already, the makers recently announced that the movie has been cleared for theatrical release by Censor Board with U/A certificate and that it will be released in October this year.

Now the makers of the movie have sent out a press release announcing an important information about the theatrical distribution rights of 'Lift'. 

The press release sent out by Ekaa Entertainment, the production house bankrolling this movie reads, "Ekaa Entertainment Productions' Tamil film 'Lift's' theatrical distribution rights was given to Ravinder Chandrasekharan's Libra Productions. The agreement was signed in April 2021. Since Ravinder's Libra Productions didn't comply to the rules, the agreement between Ekaa Entertainment and Libra Productions was broken."

"Following this, Ekaa Entertainment's official person Dilip Kumar, registered a complaint with the Chennai Police against Ravindar Chandrasekharan. Hence, Producer Ravinder Chandrasekharan doesn't have any copyrights on 'Lift' Tamil movie. Due to this, Companies are requested to not contact Producer Ravinder of Libra Productions for the theatrical distribution of 'Lift' movie. All official information regarding 'Lift' movie will be announced to fans and media via Ekaa Entertainment only."

Replying to their statement, Libra Productions called Ekaa Entertainment's release "comical" and assured that the theatrical distribution rights remains with their production house only. Their statement reads, "We had placed the agreement regarding 'Lift's' theatrical distribution with Ekaa Entertainment in April 2020. As per the agreement, we have given 50 per cent of the advance money and the rest would be given before the release of the movie, which was clearly mentioned in the agreement. After COVID-19 second wave, it was decided to release the movie in October and we had been trying to contact the Producers, but in vain."

"They never responded to our calls. Regarding this, we had registered a complaint with Tamil Film Producers Council. Even when they were contacted to hold talks, the production company didn't give any response. They have now sent out a comical statement saying that the agreement now remains broken. We clarify that the theatrical distribution rights remain only with Libra Productions."