K.E. Gnanavelraja of Studio Green Productions has lodged a complaint with the Producers Council that Kamal Haasan procured rupees ten crores from him at the time of 'Uttama Villain' release and in return promised to allot dates to him for a new movie but did not keep up his promise.

N.V. Narayanan the CEO of Raj Kamal Films International has released a strongly worded statement in which it has been stated that the agreement to produce 'Uttama Villain' on first copy basis was with Tirupati Brothers Film Media Private Limited and had fulfilled its duties. completely.  He has also added that Kamal had agreed to do another film for the company and had made himself available in the second week of May 2015 for story discussions but Linguswamy's side did not revert back to them after that.

Hence according to the statement, Gnanavelraja's claim that he paid Kamal ten crores is made to tarnish the image of the veteran actor and his production company.  It has also been mentioned that legal action against the younger producer is being contemplated.