Producer Vinod Kumar accuses Prakash Raj of inflicting a loss of ₹1 crore

News Mania / Piyal Chatterjee / 6th October 2024

Actor Prakash Raj recently shared a photo of himself on X (formerly Twitter) with actor-politician Udhayanidhi Stalin. In response, producer Vinod Kumar accused him of leaving the shoot without telling the staff and inflicting a loss of ₹1 crore. Prakash wrote, “With a Deputy CM… #justasking,” beside Udhayanidhi in a photo that he shared on X with his father, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin. Following Udhayanidhi’s recent appointment as Deputy Chief Minister, it appears that Prakash was pleased with the job.

Producer Vinod, on the other hand, reshared the article on his X and called Prakash a nonprofessional. He claimed the actor had cost him ₹1 crore, however he did not specify which film they are filming. He snapped, “The other three personalities sitting with you have won elections, but you lost the deposit; that’s the difference. You made a loss of 1 crore in my shooting set, disappearing from the caravan without informing us! What was the reason?! #Justasking !!! You said you would call me, but you didn’t!!”

Vinod posted another tweet explaining that it allegedly happened recently on September 30. He wrote, “This happened on the 30th of September 2024. The entire cast and crew were stunned. Almost 1000 junior artists. It was a 4-day schedule for him. He left from the caravan after receiving a call from some other production! Abandoned us, didn’t know what to do!! We had to stop the schedule and caused huge loss because of that.”

In September, Prakash made headlines when he questioned actor and Andhra Pradesh’s deputy chief minister, Pawan Kalyan, regarding the Tirupati laddu controversy. He requested that rather than “blowing up the issue nationally,” he take “stringent action.” Following his snub at a press conference, he uploaded a video claiming he was filming in Nepal and would speak with him when he got back.