Vashu Bhagnani-Ali Abbas Zafar Controversy: A legal battle has broken out between the producers and director of the film ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’. Vasu Bhagnani and Jackie Bhagnani, owners of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s production house Pooja Entertainment, have filed an FIR against the film’s director Ali Abbas Zafar. Earlier, Ali Abbas had filed a case against the producers.
Actually, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan director Ali Abbas Zafar had accused the owners of Pooja Entertainment of not paying him. Ali Abbas alleged that he was to be paid Rs 7.30 crore as fee for directing the film. But the producers did not pay him. According to Dainik Bhaskar, Ali Abbas Zafar had filed a complaint with the Directors Association and appealed to them to intervene in this matter.
FWICE sought clarification from the production house
After Ali Abbas Zafar’s complaint, the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees has written a letter to Vasu Bhagnani and sought clarification from him. However, Pooja Entertainment rejected Ali Abbas’s allegations. Issuing a statement on behalf of the production house, it said- ‘As told to us by BMCM Films Limited, the dues claimed are not a correct claim and are liable for separate set-off.’
Producers accused Ali Abbas Zafar of money laundering
After this, Vasu Bhagnani and Jackie Bhagnani have filed a case of money laundering against Ali Abbas Zafar. The producers have accused Ali Abbas Zafar of embezzling the subsidy amount taken from Abu Dhabi officials during the shooting of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. In the FIR lodged on September 3, it has been claimed that Ali Abbas Zafar has been accused of fraud of Rs 9.50 crore.