The Enforcement Directorate (ED) yesterday carried out searches in Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Gokulam Gopalan, whose production house backed Empuraan. The agency has now issued an official statement declaring Gokilam Gopalan’s Sree Gokulam Chit and Finance Co Ltd collected subscriptions from international customers without permission.
ED sources said the searches are in (connection with) a FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act) case involving Gopalan and his company Sree Gokulam Chit and Finance Co Ltd.
Currently, five premises are covered (under the raids). The case relates to alleged violations of various FEMA provisions worth Rs 1,000 crore with NRIs and other unauthorised transactions. The ED is also verifying alleged cheating and forgery cases registered against the company under PMLA,” ED officers claimed.
The raid comes right after backlash that erupted after movie’s release for featuring controversial scenes. The backlash prompted producers to mute certain dialogues and remove scenes. This voluntary censorship involved the deletion of 2.08 minutes from the film.
Coming to box-office performance, Empuraan has already become an industry hit and sets a new benchmark. It is now the 1st 100 Cr share film for Mollywood .