Musician Stephen Devasi said he received Rs 13.5 lakh for the Amma organization’s family reunion. This amount includes two weeks of preparation and team expenses. The entire document was presented to the Select Committee.
Kochi: Musician Stephen Devasi has cleared the air on the financial allegations leveled against him by the former Amma committee. Stephen Devasi said that the committee gave him Rs 13.5 lakh for the program (Amma Kudumbasangam) requested by Shweta Menon and documents for the entire amount, including two weeks’ training and living expenses of the team, were handed over to a special committee for verification. He added that he does not believe that former members of the executive branch manipulated finances. Stephen’s response came in an interview with Asianet News.
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These are the words of Stephen Devasi
Everything matters. The money they gave me came to me. No one else took anything from there. I bought some after Sveta said. Otherwise I won’t reduce it. I usually get paid for a full production. And I’m not the only one working. There are ten or twelve people there. There is pre-production, performance on the day of filming, after that post-production and so on will be available to many people. No one took anything from him, no commission.
If you go there and sing two songs, you can do it for free. But this is work I did two weeks ago. Isn’t this my income? Then there is a charge for this. Shweta, Tiny and Kailash are friends. There are no monetary transactions. They don’t need it. In my case, no one called me unnecessarily. Everything has proof. There are also bills. Everything I had to say was referred to the special committee. The letter was sent to me from Shweta Amma’s official email id. But there was no confusion. Amma is a good organization. I wish and pray that all problems will be resolved.
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