The Madras High Court has ordered that
the 30% Entertainment Tax exemption given by the Tamil Nadu Government
for Tamil films fulfilling certain conditions including the Tamil title,
be given to Producer-actor Udhayanidhi Stalin's latest release 'Gethu'.
An elated Udhay has confirmed the news in his Twitter page.
The Government had denied exemption to
the film as the members of the Tax exemption committee had unanimously
recommended that the title 'Gethu' is not a Tamil term and hence the
film does not qualify for Exemption.
Udhayanidhi approached the Madras High
Court with proofs claiming that 'Gethu' is indeed a Tamil word and it is
also included in Tamil dictionaries. The Government side in its defence
had stated that title could have been considered as Tamil term only if
it was spelled as 'Kethu' in English and not 'Gethu'.
However the Court seems to have found validity in the arguments of Udhayanidhi Stalin's counsel and has ruled in his favour.
