Manish Malhotra, India’s ace couturier turned film director, and Bollywood A-lister Kriti Sanon may face legal issues for their roles in the film, which is billed as a biopic of cinema’s tragedy queen Meena Kumari.
According to previous reports from Indian media sites, ace designer Manish Malhotra is scheduled to make his movie debut with the biopic of legendary actor Meena Kumari, which would star Kriti Sanon.
The untitled movie, funded by Bhushan Kumar’s T-series, is now in the scripting stage, and Sanon has been approached by the producers to play the lead part.
While neither Sanon nor Malhotra issued an official statement, actor Tajdar Amrohi, son of Kumari’s late spouse Kamal Amrohi, has chosen to sue the project’s creators.
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Speaking to an Indian tabloid, Amrohi said, “Some industrywalas have become absolutely bankrupt and thieves. They have no right to barge into my territory and domain. They are not just thieves but also dacoits.”
“She [Meena Kumari] was my mom and Kamal Amrohi was my dad. Please ask those people to make a movie on their own parents and I’m sure they will not do so, for they were nobody,” he slammed.
“Anyway, what they will make would be based on all lies.”
Further threatening the legal action, Amrohi added, “I’ll go by what my lawyer will tell me. He said to wait. Both me and my sister Rushksar will file a suit.”
Tajdar is one of the three children born to film producer Kamal Amrohi and his second wife, Mehmoodi.
Meena Kumari was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of the greatest actresses of Indian cinema. In a career spanning 33 years, from child actress to adult, she starred in over 90 films.
