Vadivelu is one actor who has one of the widest fan following even though he has not acted in any film for the past couple of years. His recent feud with director Shankar regarding the production of 'Imsai Arasan 24 aam Pulikesi' made headlines. Vadivelu is once again in trouble as Sathishkumar the producer of the 2015 flop 'Eli' has lodged a complaint that the actor's assistant Manikandan and three others entered one of his house properties in Madurai and caused extensive damages It was further alleged that the men also physically injured his employee Govindaraj.

The Madurai police have filed cases under four section including threat and assault and are in search of Manikandan and others after proof of their crime was captured on the CCTV footage in the house. It was said that Vadivelu is absconding after the incident but the ace comedian has clarified that he went to his ancestral temple along with family and counter alleged that Sathishkumar is trying to disrupt his plans to act in movies again and it's all a conspiracy by people against him.

Sathishkumar has said that during the production of 'Eli' Vadivelu interfered in all aspects of filming including makeup and other issues and caused a loss of rupees fourteen crores and a case is pending in the courts regarding the same. He also pointed out that the same issue has been raised by many other producers including Shankar and a red card has been issued against Vadivelu.