
The association will formally meet Vijay on Wednesday with its primary agenda of asking him to follow the footsteps of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan and compensate them. Notably, Rajinikanth refunded the money to theatre owners when his Baaba and Kuselan bombed, while Kamal set right the losses incurred over Hey Ram and Mumbai Express. Paneerselvam said that nearly 240 theatres in the state took Sura at highly competitive rates with 195 of them paying close to Rs. 40 crore as MG. If the film had collected Rs. 5 lakh in each theatre in the first few days, it would have been comfortable for all. However, it failed to fetch beyond Rs 2.5 lakh even after a week. Theatre owners have no choice but to pay up the MG and suffer losses, said a theatre owner.