Chennai: Actor Anjali has informed the Madras High Court that her aunt Bharathi Devi, and film director KalanjÂiÂyÂaÂm cheated her of over Rs 57 lakh.
In a counter affidavit, she prayed that the HC restrain the Saidapet couÂrt, seeking that it quash the defamation case filed agaÂiÂnÂst her by Kalanjiyam.
The heroine of the blockÂbÂuÂsÂtÂer, Angaditheru, stated thÂat Kalanjiyam became frieÂnÂdly with her aunt and started entering into her personal affairs.
He had threatened her to act in a film he had produced without any payment.
She was part of the film’s shooting, which commenced in the first week of March 2013, while they had withdrawn more than Rs 57 lakh from her bank accoÂuÂnt without her knowledge. They threatened her and she stayed with her mother in East Godavari District.
She prayed that the court quash the defamation case filed by Kalanjiyam in the XVII Magistrate court in Saidapet.
When the petition came up for hearÂiÂng on Thursday, the resÂpoÂÂnÂdents did not appear befÂoÂre the Madras HC. Justice C.T. Selvam passÂed an interim order, restÂrÂaÂiÂÂning the court from trying the case.
