Filmmaker Luv Ranjan refutes allegation of non-payment of dues for Ranbir Kapoor-Shraddha Kapoor's film

Luv Ranjan’s untitled film, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor, has been in the news ever since its announcement. The film has once again grabbed headlines, but this time it’s not for the right reasons. Several reports stated that Luv Ranjan did not pay remuneration to workers involved on the sets of his upcoming film. Now, reacting to the same, Luv Ranjan has issued a statement denying these allegations.

The filmmaker claims that the press statement released by FSSAMU is ‘false, fabricated and illegal’. He said it has been made with ulterior motives and without authority of law. Luv says that entire payment has been duly paid with no outstanding, as per the contractual arrangement.

India Today quoted him as saying, ‘We would like to state that there is no employer-employee relationship between us and the persons/employees hired by/through Mr. Dipankar Dasgupta and as such they or FSSAMU have no locus standi to raise any issues or disputes with us.’

‘Despite being fully aware of the fact that we had accordingly also filed a police complaint against the said persons, FSSAMU, is continuing to distort facts, propagate falsehoods, harass and threaten us and for suspicious motives, deliberately and knowingly is only targeting us and not Mr Dipankar Dasgupta and his said associates, who are the actual persons at default. The acts of FSSAMU of issuing defamatory public statements, intimidation, causing disruption and delay to our shoot by inciting its members to not cooperate with us, all seem like the favourable ‘modus operandi’ adopted by FSSAMU. It is unbecoming of FSSAMU to act in such an unreasonable, unwarranted and hostile fashion against us, and also publicly making threats against us that they would prevent us from working in the industry and also prevent the workers from working with us, and such acts of FSSAMU has also resulted in causing us irreparable losses and harm, including mental harassment and agony, and maligning our image and goodwill,’ he added.

In his closing note, Luv Ranjan said that he has a ‘good repute in the industry, having produced several films which have generated significant revenue for workers and labourers’. He said they have always been fair in our dealings with the persons hired by them and they reserve the right to take appropriate legal action, as shall be advised, against FSSAMU and its office bearers.

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