After it was reported that Neerja Bhanot's family is set to sue the makers of the eponymous Sonam Kapoor-starrer over sharing of profit, the film's co-producers, Atul Kasbekar, said in a statement, “We'd like to say that we are immensely grateful that the Bhanot family trusted us with making a movie on the life of the braveheart, Neerja Bhanot. We started the exercise of making a difficult movie with utmost honesty and the effusive acclaim the film has received is testament to the fact that we succeeded in our endeavour.“ 

Presenting their side of the story, Kasbekar added, “It was always abundantly clear that we would partner with a studio, in this case Fox Star India. The Bhanot family was always aware of the same and have in fact met the studio reps on many occasions. To imply otherwise is simply untrue...All financial transactions post release have been shared with the Bhanot family immediately and in a transparent manner. Their share of the profits, which is a share of ours, has been immediately offered. They have declined to accept the same and now wish to get a share of the studio profits. This is effectively a retrospective negotiation and not as per what is signed by them years ago. It is unfortunate that despite having a clear contractual arrangement the Bhanots have decided to dispute the financial understanding at this belated stage.“