Esha Deol files complaint against Ramu for non-payment
August 26th, 2010Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has allegedly still not paid her daughter Esha Deol her full remuneration for his film Darling. The outstanding amount is nearly Rs 13 lakh.
A friend of Esha says, “Esha waited very long for Ramu to pay up. Despite repeated reminders, he did not pay heed to her.”
Esha has filed a complaint in CINTAA (Cine & TV Artistes’ Association) a year ago, but Ramu did not respond to the letters from CINTAA. The case then reached the FWICE (Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees). Still Ramu has not responded. Now, the Federation has labelled the dispute as a ‘Non Cooperation Matter’.
“How long could Esha wait? She wants her money. So what if the film didn’t do well at the box-office,” says the same friend. When contacted, Ramu claimed, “That’s an old thing. To my knowledge, it was sorted out.”
However, Esha’s friend told Mumbai Mirror, “That’s rubbish. Esha is still fighting hard against Ramu in CINTAA only a few days ago. Her balance amount is Rs 12-13 lakh.”
Producer of Darling, Bhushan Kumar, said, “We had paid Ramu a lump sum for Darling. He was supposed to pay everybody from that. We had a clear cut agreement with him. We had no contract with Esha.”
General Secretary of CINTAA and President of FWICE, Dharmesh Tiwari, confirmed, “Yes, Esha is fighting a case against Ramu. The matter is now under the ‘non-cooperation’ category.”
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