Recently, Frontpage Insights revealed that Pooja Entertainment founder and renowned filmmaker Vasu Bhagnani has frozen Rs 7.3 crores of film director Ali Abbas Zafar. Besides, he has not paid the crew members.
Upon investigation, Bhaskar found that Ali had also filed a complaint against Vasu in the Directors Association.
Now the news of Frontpage Insights has affected and the stuck money of the crew member associated with the film 'Bade Mian Chhote Mian' has also started to be received. However, this money has not been paid by Vasu Bhagnani's company Pooja Entertainments but by Ali Abbas Zafar. Many actors associated with the film have spoken in favor of Ali in this matter.
Ali directed the film Bade Mian Chhote Mian under Vasu's banner Pooja Entertainment, for which he is yet to receive payment.
Ali Abbas Zafar, not Vasu Bhagnani, paid the money In fact, recently Vasu had also accused Ali of misusing subsidy funds received during the shooting of the film in Abu Dhabi. Now the crew members and actors have come forward saying that Ali has paid their dues with subsidy money.
This also includes the name of the film's action director Parvez Shaikh. Thanking Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Mehra on social media, he wrote, Ali Abbas Zafar and Himanshu Mehra have paid all my payments through Movie Stunt Artist Association from the subsidy received from Abu Dhabi for the film 'Bade Mian Chhote Mian'.
Steven Bernard, the film's editor, said, 'While working on Pooja Entertainment's film Bade Mian Chhote Mian, we all faced a common problem which was related to payment. While working day and night on a project, everyone feels that they should get their fees on time, but in the end, when a lot of money is left and the money is stuck for five months after the release of the film, the problem arises. I followed up a lot as I needed money due to my father's ill health. During this time Ali Abbas Zafar supported me and assured me that I would get my wages. Finally, within a week of receiving the subsidy from Abu Dhabi, Ali Abbas Zafar paid me the full balance.'
Apart from these two actors, around 10 crew members took to social media to thank Ali Abbas Zafar and his team for clearing the dues. It includes Khalid (Actor), Shaurya Kohli (Assistant Director), Diksha Pradhan (Assistant Director), Saurabh Kumar (Associate Director), Sahab (Actor), Anurag Pandey (Associate Editor), Malvika Bajaj (Costume Designer), Rohid Khan (Actor). ) and include Markin (DOP). According to reports, choreographer Bosco Martis has also been paid dues from the Abu Dhabi subsidy.
According to sources, the dues of around 150 vendors, technicians and crew members will be cleared by the end of this week.
In this regard, Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) president BN Tiwari said that Frontpage Insights has contributed a lot in the campaign to pay dues to film actors. We shared information with him regarding this matter which he took as a priority. Many times we were pressured not to give any information in this matter but we knew that many people's money was trapped, so the Federation of Western India Cine Employees did not remain silent and now the payments have started to clear, this is happy for us. the thing is
Along with Jackie Bhagna, son of Pooja Entertainment founder and producer Vasu Bhagna
Charges were laid against Vasu Bhagna in July In July 2024, the country's famous filmmaker Vasu Bhagnani was in the news for not paying Rs 65 lakh to the crew members who worked on his film 'Bade Mian Chhote Mian'.
FWICE President BN Tiwari said that Vasu Bhagnani has frozen Rs 7.3 crore belonging to director Ali Abbas Zafar. Apart from this, the director of 'Mission Raniganj' Tinu Desai has also not paid 27 lakh rupees. Ali Abbas also complained about this in the Directors Association.
Vasu went to file a police complaint against Ali After this, Vasu also accused director Ali of misusing subsidy funds received from the Abu Dhabi authorities during the shooting of the film Bade Mian Chhote Mian. Vasu even went to file a police complaint against Ali in this matter but his FIR was not registered.
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