Actor Sunny Deol has been accused with multiple allegations after the success of Gadar 2.
Filmmaker Sorav Gupta has chared allegations of cheating, extortion and fogey against the Bollywood actor Sunny Deol. Earlier this week, in a press conference, a real estate developer who turned as producer, Gupta claimed that actor Sunny Deol has took money in advance from the producer for a film which he had to do in 2016. Then the actor continued to take more money and promised that he will be starting the movie but never did it.
Gupta has revealed yo HT City that in 2016, Sunny Deol has signed a deal with actor Sunny Deol as he led for his film for free of Rs4 crore. He said, “We gave him ₹1cr in advance but instead of starting my film, he opted to shoot for Poster Boys (2017) instead. He kept asking me for more money and by now my ₹2.55cr is in Sunny ji’s account. He also made me give money to another director, book Filmistaan studio and get an executive producer,” Also Read – Sunny Deol Teams Up With Son Karan Deol for Lahore 1947, Aamir Khan Confirms
Gupta by giving allegations about Sunny forged an agreement in 2023 with his company. He said, “When we read the agreement, humne dekha ki unhonein toh panna hi change kar diya beech wala, jahan par fees ka amount ₹4cr ko badha kar ₹8cr kar diya aur profit to ₹2cr jar diya”.
Janwar (1999) and Andaaz (2003) fame director Suneel Datshan have also agreed with Gupta in the same press conducted. He has also claimed thsy even he had also had to face the same problem with actor Sunny Deol.
Darshan said, “Sunny Deol acquired rights from my movie Ajay (1996) for overseas distribution and only made a partial payment. The balance payment never came through”. He further added, “Later, Sunny requested me to work on a project with him, saying, ‘Have faith in me, help me out’, and got me to pay him again.”
A source of industry had also confirmed that Sunny has this habit of dishonouring commitments with many producers after signing the agreements. He said, “He is a known troublemaker for years. Sunny had given a bound script of a film called Ram Janmbhumi to a producer who created a huge set in Mumbai. Sunny signed the film for ₹5cr. But later, he refused to come to the sets and demanded a fees of ₹25cr because he had delivered a blockbuster (Gadar 2, 2023).”
Gupta said, “The police issued [Deol] a notice on April 30. His office sent a letter saying he was out of town on the day he was to present himself”.
