Actor-director Raghava Lawrence is in trouble as the AP Producers Council has asked him to pay the producers compensation for exceeding the 'agreed' budget of a film. The council decided to go ahead with the decision after J Baghavan and Pulla Rao, the producers of the Prabhas-Tamannaah starrer Rebel, lodged a complaint against the director. They also claimed that they suffered a loss of 5.5 crores since the director exceeded the budget.

Now Lawrence has to pay Rs. 2.5 crore as compensation within 30 days and if he fails to pay the amount, he will be liable to  pay the entire amount of Rs. 5.5 crores.