ED grills Liger’s director, co-producer for 12 hours: Report

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer ‘Liger,’ which after failing to stay as much as expectations on the field workplace, is again within the information for all of the mistaken causes. Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers, on November 17, questioned film director Puri Jagannadh and co-producer Charmme Kaur for alleged FEMA violations.

Liger hit the theatres on August 25 in 5 languages throughout the globe, nonetheless, opened to poor evaluations and crashed miserably on the field workplace.

In August, Congress chief Bakka Judson had filed a criticism saying that politicians invested cash in Liger in an try to show their black cash into white. ED officers, following the criticism, started the investigation.

Reportedly, Puri Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur had been requested to seem earlier than ED 15 days in the past. In accordance with a media report, the makers of the liger had been questioned for nearly 12 hours. They appeared earlier than the ED on November 17 and had been grilled over International Change Administration Act (FEMA) violations.

ED suspects that crores of cash got here from international international locations as properly. The 2 had been requested to offer proof of the sources of revenue for Liger.

Puri Jagannath and Deverakonda’s subsequent film ‘Jana Gana Mana’ has formally been scrapped after the actor backed out of the venture owing to Liger’s failure.

Liger was made on a finances of Rs 120 crore (approx). The movie options Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Panday and Ramya Krishna in lead roles. Boxing legend Mike Tyson was roped in for an explosive cameo within the movie. Liger, which marks Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda’s Bollywood debut, was backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.

Jagannadh and Deverakonda have collaborated once more for the upcoming motion movie ‘Jana Gana Mana’, which was introduced earlier than the discharge of ‘Liger’. As per the experiences, the movie has formally been scrapped after the actor backed out of the venture owing to Liger’s failure.