Suresh Kumar responds to the allegations that he deliberately extended the cinema strike for smooth release of Keerthy Suresh’s movie

The dispute between the Exhibitors Federation and the Producers association has already stalled the release of Malayalam movies and now production has also been stalled. The cinema strike was triggered after the theatre owners demanded a 50% share from the theatrical collections for all new releases. This demand was strongly opposed by the producers and distributors association.

Exhibitors Federation president, Liberty Basheer recently accused the head of the Producers’ association, G Suresh Kumar of deliberately extending the strike and stalling for a common solution so that no Malayalam movie releases this weekend. Liberty Basheer alleged that Suresh Kumar is doing this to help for a smooth release of Vijay’s Bairavaa, which features his daughter Keerthy Suresh as the female lead.

Producers association president Suresh Kumar has now responded against the allegations made by Library Basheer against him. He said, “I don’t take these allegations very seriously. They are trying to attack me personally but the people of Kerala have banished it. People who know me will never believe such baselss allegations, they very well know that I am not a person who stands for such things. The Malayali audience are aware about the number of theatres that a Vijay or a Suriya movie usually gets for release.”

Both the parties have still not found an amicable solution for their dispute. Even high level intervention from the Ministry could not help the
distributors and exhibitors to reach an agreement on the profit-sharing policy.