The judgment in query was handed as an Order by Mumbai’s Dindoshi Metropolis Civil Court docket, two days again. We have now a duplicate of the order that we’re attaching right here under:
Santoshi was given a signing quantity of Rs 50 lakh, courtesy YT Leisure Ltd who had shelled out the stated quantity to Samee Siddique (producer of the 2008 Santoshi-directed ‘Halla Bol’). Submit ‘Halla Bol’, Siddiqui needed to make one other movie with Santoshi. However Santoshi couldn’t put the movie collectively.
Submit that, there was a settlement settlement between the three events in query and Santoshi had confirmed to them that he would return the cash if and when he produced and directed a movie. Submit that, Santoshi helmed ‘Phata Poster Nikla Hero’ however solely as a director and never as a producer.
By the way, YT Leisure was one of many financers on ‘Halla Bol’ too.
We hear, the theatres have additionally been knowledgeable concerning the Dindoshi Court docket order.
Santoshi has been directed to deposit the disputed quantity within the Court docket in 5 days after the above order (debarring Santoshi to launch the movie in not simply cinemas however OTT platforms too till the monetary dispute is cleared) was handed.
A supply tells ETimes, “YT Leisure had no possibility however to attend till Santoshi comes up a movie whereby he’s both- producer and director. Seeing that ‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ was his first movie after his promise, YT Leisure Ltd took a contemporary authorized recourse searching for a keep order on it until and till Santoshi clears their dues.”
When contacted, Yash Shah, son of late financer Raju Shah (who handed away final yr), confirmed and stated, “I’m joyful that the precise determination has been taken and we stand by it.”
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