Lingaa distributors find some relief, Rajinikanth agrees to pay for loss

Months after their long battle, Lingaa distributors find some relief as superstar Rajinikanth agrees to pay 10 crores to them for the loss incurred due to the film’s poor performance at the box office. Though, producer Rockline Venkatesh was not in the favour of compensating the distributors, superstar Rajinikanth is extremely hurt with the distributor's protest.

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Sources close to the superstar said, "They behaved very arrogantly and threatened to beg in front of Rajini sir's house. This entire drama is a conspiracy. Every year, more than 200 films get released in Tamil Nadu and none of these distributors have threatened to do such things against any other actor/producer. These distributors earned lot of money through Rajinikanth's movies and they never offered him a share in their profits. Rajini sir agreed to pay 10 crores only on humanitarian grounds and yes, he is very upset with this entire issue".

Starring megastar Rajinikanth, Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty, Lingaa hit the theatres on December 12, last year. Though, the film had hit 100 crore-mark at the box-office, the distributors could not recover their investments as the film was sold for high rates.