Breaking! Madras HC grants stay on Darbar’s release in Malaysia!

The Madras High Court has granted a stay on the release of Superstar Rajinikanth’s film Darbar in Malaysia in a case filed by Malaysian firm DMY creations.

The judge however ruled that Lyca could release the film if it deposited a sum of Rs Four crore and ninety thousand in the court.

DMY Creations SDN BHD had filed a civil suit in the Madras High Court alleging that Lyca, the producers of Darbar, owed it Rs 23.70 crores for having distributed its earlier films like 2.0, Kaala and Vadachennai in Malaysia.

DMY Creations claimed that Lyca had promised that it would clear this pending sum before the release of Darbar. It also claimed that Lyca had promised them the territorial rights of Darbar for Malaysia.

However, the Malaysian firm alleged that it had learnt that Lyca had been holding negotiations with some others over granting the distribution rights of the film for Malaysia.

The Malaysian firm told the court that the chances of recovering its money would become slim if the court does not restrain Lyca from releasing Darbar before settling its dues.

Lyca, for its part, called the claims of DMY Creations as being false and baseless and said that Lyca did not owe DMY Creations any money at all and that the plea had been filed only to harass it ahead of the release of its high stakes movie, Darbar.

After hearing the arguments of both sides, the judge, G Jayachandran, had reserved orders on the suit.

Today, the court granted a stay on the film’s release in Malaysia.