IT raid at Actor Vijay’s house after fans tweets about movie Bigil grossing over 300 crores went viral

Actor Vijay’s house was searched and the actor was questioned by the income tax department after fans tweets about movie Bigil grossing over 300 crores went viral.

Actor Vijay's film Bigil which was released during Diwali in thousands of theaters last year was a huge hit and thrashed all the box office records. Vijay’s fans celebrated on Twitter by posting a picture of AGS Entertainment that produced the film for running a show for 100 days and also over the movie grossing over Rs 300 crore.

Archana Kalpathi, the producer who also posted on Twitter saying, “Bigil has amazed the biggest gross this year in Tamil Cinema.” Taking this as a confession, The Income Tax Department verified AGS Entertainment’s, Actor Vijay’s, and Financier Anbu Cheliyan’s tax accounts and found discrepancies.

Officers say that Rs 25 crore was found with a powerful financier in the Tamil film industry who distributed Bigil. Income Tax officials searched the properties of AGS Cinemas and film financier Anbu Cheliyan in Madurai and questioned Vijay in connection with an alleged tax evasion case.

They have investigated the truth on the budget collections of Bigil. It was reported that actor Vijay was paid a sum of Rs 50 crore and Director Atlee was paid Rs 25 crore as salary. The officers invaded Vijay’s Master shoot to question him regarding the salary and whether 50 crores was paid to him.                                                                  

It is said that Vijay was questioned for more than an hour and the officers have heard about his salary in Bigil and also about his new movie Master.
Gunmen have been deployed outside Vijay's house. Police have also been deployed for security at street corners.

As the raid continued throughout the night, five women, including a female officer at Vijay's house, were reportedly involved in verifying income-related documents. The search, which was held at dawn in more than 20 places, continues for the 2nd day today. 

At the same time, it is noteworthy that not a single person from the income department has ever gone to director Atlee’s house, who is one of the main reasons for the Big 300 crore collection.