Actor Dhanush who is known for acting films, predominantly in Tamil film industry, had sent a legal notice to a couple who claimed that he is their biological son. Sending the legal notice to the couple through his lawyer, Dhanush demanded Rs. 10 crore from the Madurai based couple for defaming him.

Kathiresan and Meenakshi, a Madurai based couple claimed that actor Dhanush was their biological son and he was their third. The duo said that he ran away from home to act in movies and sought a maintenance of Rs. 65,000 per month from him. As a reaction, Dhanush and Filmmaker Kasthuri Raja sent a legal notice to the couple asking them not to make such false claims.

“My clients call upon you both to desist from making false, untenable and defamatory allegations against them henceforth. Failing compliance, my clients will be constrained to approach the competent courts to protect their rights in this regard and prevent you from carrying such false claims” the notice sent by the lawyer of the actor and his father read.

 

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The notice also mentioned that the couple will be prosecuted for causing defamation and consequent loss in their reputation if they continue to make such claims in the future. The actor and his father also called upon the couple to issue a press statement, saying that all claims made by them were false and asked them to apologize for it.

In the notice, the lawyer also mentioned that if the couple failed to do so, they will be slapped with a suit of Rs. 10 crore. According to reports, Dhanush is Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja and is born to Kasthuri Raja, a renowned filmmaker and Vijayalakshmi.

 

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After the couple made such claim, the court had called for a DNA test but Dhanush and his lawyers declined it as the actor was asked by the court to undergo a medical examination to verify his identification marks and the results had proved inconclusive.

Dhanush who debuted to film industry through his brother Selvaraghavan’s “Thulluvatho Ilamai”, went on to act in many notable films and won national awards a couple of times as am actor and as a producer. He was last seen in “Maaran” of Karthick Naren but his recent blockbuster came from Vetri Maaran’s “Asuran”.

On the work front, the actor is all set to appear in ” Thiruchitrambalam”, “Vaathi”, ” Gray Man” of Russo brothers and many other projects.