Tollywood&nbsp;producer-director B. Ashok Kumar committed suicide in his home Alwarthirunagar near Valasaravakkam, on Tuesday, reports confirmed.&nbsp;

Kumar, who was a relative of director-actor Sasikumar, also wrote a suicide note in which he blamed a film financer - Anbu Chezhiya, from Madurai, from whom his production company had been taking loans - for leading him to take the severe step, reports said.&nbsp;

According to reports, an official from the Valasaravakkam police station informed that Kumar committed suicide by hanging in his&nbsp;apartment at Arcot Road in Alwarthirunagar after reportedly being coerced by Chezhiya to pay the loan he had taken&nbsp;seven years ago along with an exorbitant amount of interest.&nbsp;

Chezhiya&nbsp;was allegedly harassing the producer-director and had reportedly&nbsp;threatened to kidnap his family. Kumar&#39;s suicide note reportedly stated&nbsp;there were only two options left for him - either to kill the financier or end his life.&nbsp;

Sasikumar, along with filmmakers Bala, Samuthirakani, Karu Pazhaniappan and Ameer have lodged a complaint with Valasaravakkam police station, reports said.&nbsp;

Meanwhile, Vishal, the President of Tamil Nadu Producers&#39; Council and Secretary of Nadigar Sangam, expressed his condolences and requested the police to take it as a &quot;murder charge&quot;&nbsp;rather than &quot;suicide&quot;.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vishal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Vishal</a> voices his concern on the sad demise of Producer <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ashok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ashok</a>, who succumbed to the pressures of his mafia like financier. <a href="https://t.co/dC6RdUVX1b">pic.twitter.com/dC6RdUVX1b</a>
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Ashok Kumar had co-produced&nbsp;Sasikumar&#39;s films Eesan,&nbsp;Poraali&nbsp;and the yet-to-be-released&nbsp;Kodi Veeran.

Kumar, who was a relative of director-actor Sasikumar, also wrote a suicide note in which he has blamed a film financer - Anbu Chezhiya.

Tollywood producer-director B. Ashok Kumar committed suicide in his home Alwarthirunagar near Valasaravakkam, on Tuesday, reports confirmed. Kumar, who was a relative of director-actor Sasikumar, also wrote a suicide note in which he blamed a film financer - Anbu Chezhiya, from Madurai, from whom his production company had been taking loans - for leading him to take the severe step, reports said. According to reports, an official from the Valasaravakkam police station informed that Kumar committed suicide by hanging in his apartment at Arcot Road in Alwarthirunagar after reportedly being coerced by Chezhiya to pay the loan he had taken seven years ago along with an exorbitant amount of interest. Chezhiya was allegedly harassing the producer-director and had reportedly threatened to kidnap his family. Kumar's suicide note reportedly stated there were only two options left for him - either to kill the financier or end his life. Sasikumar, along with filmmakers Bala, Samuthirakani, Karu Pazhaniappan and Ameer have lodged a complaint with Valasaravakkam police station, reports said. Meanwhile, Vishal, the President of Tamil Nadu Producers' Council and Secretary of Nadigar Sangam, expressed his condolences and requested the police to take it as a "murder charge" rather than "suicide". #Vishal voices his concern on the sad demise of Producer #Ashok, who succumbed to the pressures of his mafia like financier. pic.twitter.com/dC6RdUVX1b — Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) November 22, 2017 × Ashok Kumar had co-produced Sasikumar's films Eesan, Poraali and the yet-to-be-released Kodi Veeran.

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Film producer-director B. Ashok Kumar commits suicide, blames film financier: Reports