MID-DAY (August 8, 2016)

The co-producer of Priyanka Chopra-starrer 'Jai Gangaajal' has filed a complaint with the Amboli police against director Prakash Jha's banner, accusing him of fraud. Milind Dabke, CEO of Play Entertainment, alleged that Jha has withheld the film's master copy, without which they couldn’t go ahead with commercial deals.

“In a breach of the MoU filed between us for 'Jai Gangaajal', we are yet to receive the master copy of the film, which is causing losses to our production house as we are not able to execute any commercial deals or sell satellite rights to any TV channel in the absence of the original copy,” Dabke said.

He also claimed that there has been breach of contract with regard to his other collaboration with Jha, Fraud Saiyaan starring Arshad Warsi, with the copyright of sound recording being sold to another music label.

Officials of Jha's company said the complaint was a publicity gimmick. A statement issued by Jha's banner read, "Throughout the execution of the project, Play Entertainment defaulted on payment and we had to make alternative arrangements to complete shooting. They didn’t promote the film adequately, which resulted in severe loss of revenue at the box office. We will file a criminal case against them for cheating, harassment and maligning image of Mr Jha and our production company."

Sunil Agrawal, CEO of Jha's banner, said he has written at least 10 letters to Play Entertainment to collect the master copy of the film, which was initially not handed to them due to lack of payment. "As far as Fraud Saiyaan is concerned, we were bound by a deal to sell music rights of three films to a particular label. Later, we requested them to relinquish their right, which they did. So, all music rights remain with Play Entertainment," Agrawal said.