However, the film’s co-producer Arun Ghosh says, “I had paid Kunchacko `45 lakh via his account and he had also taken a part of the amount as cash. We had also given him `5 lakh TDS. Now, I am not sure which amount he is referring to.” About the cheque bounce, Arun says, “I had given him a cheque of `4.5 lakh when he had asked for cash. I had also transferred it to his account as RTGS. The cheque he has with him is the stock payment that I had given him even before the release. It did not bounce due to insufficient funds.”
Arun says that Kunchacko had a personal grudge against the producers right from the time the shoot started. “He wanted us to change the editor and music director who were roped in for the project, which I objected to. He was also not sure of having Boban Samuel as the director.
