Sunny Deol accused of fraud

Mumbai : Actor-MP Sunny Deol is in trouble. Film producer Sorav Gupta of Sundown Entertainment Pvt Ltd has made some shocking allegations against the ‘Gadar’ actor. According to a Hindustan Times report, Gupta has accused him of cheating, extortion and forgery. According to a report by HT City, in a press conference earlier this week, Gupta, who is a real estate developer turned producer, claimed that Sunny Deol took money from him in advance promising to do a film in 2016 and he continued to take more money saying he would start the film but he did not do so even after his film ‘Gadar 2’ became a blockbuster.

Filmmaker Suneel Darshan also supported Gupta at the same press conference and he too alleged facing the same problem with Deol. He said, “Sunny Deol bought the rights of my film Ajay (1996) for overseas distribution and made only a partial payment. The remaining payment never happened” and added, “Later, Sunny requested me to work on a project with him, and said, ‘Trust me, help me’, and asked me to pay again.” Gupta told HT City that in 2016 he had signed a deal with Sunny, in which he was to play the lead role in his film.

He also said that he was paid ₹4 crore and ₹1 crore in advance, but instead of starting his film, Sunny left to shoot for ‘Poster Boys’ (2017). ”He kept asking me for more money and till now my ₹2.55 crore is in Sunny ji’s account. He also asked me to give the money to another director, book Filmistan studios and hire an executive producer,” Gupta said. Making further allegations, the producer said that Sunny Deol also signed an agreement with his company in 2023. He revealed, “When we read the agreement, we saw that he had increased the fee amount from ₹4 crore to ₹8 crore and the profit was ₹2 crore.” Gupta also shared that he has filed a police complaint against Sunny and the police issued him a notice on April 30. The producer said, “His office sent a letter stating that he was out of town on the day he had to appear.” The portal tried to contact Sunny Deol, but he is yet to respond to the allegations.