Actor Dhanush, on Friday, May 20, sent a legal notice to a Madurai-based couple who claimed that he was their biological son, warning that he would be constrained to file a defamation suit for Rs 10 crore. Kathiresan and Meenakshi, a couple based in Madurai had claimed that Dhanush was their biological son and that he was their third son. They also said that he had run away from home to act in movies and had sought a maintenance amount of Rs 65,000 per month from him.

Dhanush and his father Kasturi Raja sent a legal notice to the couple through their lawyer Haja Mohideen Gisti and asked the couple not to make such fake claims. The notice sent by the lawyer of the actor and his father read, "My clients hereby 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 also said that if such claims were made in the future both Kathiresan and Meenakshi will be prosecuted for causing defamation and consequent loss of their reputation. The actor and his father also called upon the couple to issue a press statement stating that all the claims made by them are false and asked them to apologize for it. The lawyer in the notice also said that if the couple failed to do so they will be slapped with a suit of Rs 10 crore.

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