The ongoing Shruti Hassan and Picture House Media Ltd legal tussle has taken an interesting turn.

Shruti Hassan in her official stand has denied receiving any injunction on restraining her from signing any new movie until further orders from the court.

A statement issued by Shruti Hassan's spokesperson says, "Shruti or Rajkamal films International or her team have not received any legal notice or injunction from anyone."

It must be recollected that Picture House Media Ltd has initiated civil and criminal proceedings against Shruti Haasan, for walking out of Karthi-Nagarjuna starrer bilingual, after entering into a contractual agreement to be its female lead.

Alleging Shruti for being unethical and unprofessional resulting in Picture House Media Ltd incurring financial as well as reputation loss.

The production house in a statement has alleged that Shruti has arbitrarily pulled out of the project citing dates clash as a flimsy excuse. The dates were mutually discussed with her and schedules were planned around her convenience. The said movie has commenced its shoot and first schedule was completed and unexpectedly Shruti conveyed through an email that she wanted to exit the project,"

It said further: "This unethical and unprofessional act of Shruti Hassan has resulted in Picture House Media Ltd incurring financial as well as reputation loss. Though the financial loss is running into several crores, it is the loss of time and reputation that is significant because the schedules of all other artistes who have committed their dates will be disrupted."

"With an intention of ensuring that such unprofessional attitude is not repeated and to protect the interests of its various stakeholders, Picture House Media Ltd has initiated both civil and criminal proceedings against Shruti Hassan and the Honourable Judge has taken cognisance of this civil offence and issued an injunction restraining her from signing any new movie until further orders. For the criminal offence, Police have been instructed to investigate the matter," it concluded.

Anyways Shruti Haasan has denied receiving any such notice..

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