Overview
- Balaji Telefilms, which backed the Akshay Kumar film, said Friday it has cleared all contractual payments and owes no vendor fees.
- Reports first carried by Mid-Day and picked up by national outlets quoted vendors who claim unpaid invoices of about ₹30 lakh and ₹18 lakh.
- Writer Pranjal Kriplani has reportedly sent producers Alok Kumar Chaubey and Sanjay Gupta a legal notice over an alleged ₹50,000 due.
- The film opened on April 17 and has earned roughly ₹231 crore worldwide, which has sharpened questions about how earnings translate to payments down the line.
- Vendors describe a broader trend in which the old 90 day invoice goal is slipping and top talent gets paid first while crews wait, and the claims remain unresolved in public.