UAE Financer Files Complaint Against Deepika Padukone And Other Producers Of Film 83

Complaint Against Deepika Padukone, 83 producers: After constant delays, the Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone starring film 83 is about to release on December 24 this year. Prior to it, the makers and producers have now found themselves in legal trouble as a UAE-based company has filed a complaint of fraud.

A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based financier has filed a complaint against Vibri Media, Deepika Padukone and other producers of 83 for alleged cheating and conspiring in the process of making the film. In the complaint submitted at the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mumbai, the financer accused the producers and makers of offences under Sections 405 and 406 (criminal breach of trust), 415, 418 and 420 for cheating, and 120B for criminal conspiracy, of the Indian Penal Code.

The company, Future Resource (FZE) alleged that Vibri Media submitted "manipulated and exaggerated" business plans, which includes profit and loss projections from April 2012 to March 2020, manipulating the UAE -based company to invest Rs 15.60 crore. After which they had two agreements with Vibri and the UAE company became a shareholder.

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The representative of the UAE company alleged that according to the agreement the money was supposed to be used for business purposes and not "personally used for its directors".

The complainant further alleged that Vibri entered into a contract with Reliance Big Films, Phantom Films, Kabir Khan, Sajit Nadiadwala and Deepika Padukone for the film 83. This they reportedly did without taking any written consent from their shareholders, FZE.

Thus the UAE company also accused Deepika Padukone, Phantom Films, filmmakers Sajid Nadiadwala and Kabir Khan, and four others for the same. The representative of the company alleged the accused of "engineered a plan to jointly and severally cheat and delude FZE (the UAE company) since the very inception."

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What is 83 about

The film 83 stars Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev and recounts the Indian cricket team's journey to win the 1982 World Cup, defeating favourites like the West Indies team. In the film, Padukone plays the role of Romi Dev, Kapil Dev's wife. It also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jatin Sarna, Saqib Saleem, amongst others.

This Kabir Khan directorial is scheduled for theatrical release on December 24 this year after being delayed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant restrictions of theatres.