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#Yaaram row: Mehmood Ali arrested for Rs. 1.25 crore fraud
8:21 AM
THE TIMES OF INDIA (January 15, 2022)
Mumbai: Amboli police Thursday arrested a web series maker and his aide for allegedly duping a producer of Rs 1. 25 crore for his movie rights and instead sold the rights to another film production house.
Police said the two suspects reportedly assured producer Vijay Mulchandani, according to his complaint, of Rs. 1.25 crore for his movie rights but did not hand over the learned and instead sold the rights to big banner film production’s house for Rs 15 lakh.
In the complaint, Mulchandani said, “I produced a film, #Yaaram, which was released in October 2019. I wanted the same on OTT platforms. I got in touch with the accused and hence met Dr Irani and Mehmood Ali, owner of Don Infotainment. A deal was worked out of Rs 1. 25 crore.”
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The Amboli police had booked Mohammed Ali and celebrity physiotherapist Dr Ali Irani over the sale of film rights; Irani got anticipatory bail, but Ali couldn’t get
Samiullah Khan (MID-DAY; January 15, 2022)
The Amboli police have arrested a web series maker and owner of Don Infotainment for allegedly cheating a film producer of Rs 1.25 crore. Last month, the cops had booked Mohammed Ali (above) and celebrity physiotherapist Dr Ali Irani on the complaint of Vijay Mulchandani, who said the duo had promised him money for the rights of his movie but did pay him. While Irani was granted anticipatory bail on January 1, the Dindoshi Sessions court rejected Ali’s bail, leading to his arrest on Thursday night. The police said they found his signature on a cheque, which apparently bounced, given to Mulchandani as part of the deal.
Ali’s lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan called the matter a civil dispute and accused Mulchandani of portraying it as a crime. He said the sessions court failed to take on record “crucial documents and facts” and “erroneously” added sections of the IT Act which delayed his client’s anticipatory bail plea in the Bombay High Court. “Despite all these errors, the court didn’t even grant a single day of interim protection. It didn't even consider the prevailing Covid pandemic.”
Khan added, “They have even brought the accused handcuffing which is also against the Supreme Court guidelines in the Sunil Batra case. We will be taking rightful action against the department without any delay now.” An officer from Amboli police station, “We arrested the accused last night and he was produced before the court today. He has been remanded in four-day police custody. We are investigating to find out the nitty-gritty of the deal.”
Case background
As per Mulchandani, he produced a film named #Yaaram, which was released in October 2019. He met Dr Irani and Ali for the film’s OTT release. The accused offered him Rs 1.25 crore and the movie was released on an OTT platform in March 2020. Mulchandani said the duo didn’t give him money citing the pandemic. They allegedly gave him a cheque in February 2021, but it got bounced. When two more cheques were also dishonoured in June 2021, he learnt from the bank that the account had been shut in March 2021. Later, Mulchandani found from a public notice issued by Rajshri Productions that the accused had sold the movie rights for Rs 15 lakh. He then filed a police complaint.
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FILM INFORMATION (January 14, 2022)
Mehmood Ali, owner of OTT platform Don Cinema, was recently arrested alongwith celebrity physiotherapist Dr. Ali Irani, by the Amboli (Bombay) police in a cheating case. The two had acquired producer Vijay Mulchandani’s #Yaaram for Don Infotainment for Rs. 1.25 crore. In spite of the film streaming on the platform from March 2020, no money was allegedly given to Mulchandani.
Mehmood Ali in January 2021 gave Vijay Mulchandani a cheque dated February 19, 2021, but it bounced. Mulchandani was then given several cheques in lieu of the bounced cheque, but they all were returned unpaid by the bank. On enquiries, the producer was told by the bank that the account of Don Infotainment (name of the company) had been closed in March 2021.
Meanwhile, Mulchandani learnt that Mehmood Ali had sold the streaming rights of his film to Rajshri Productions for Rs. 15 lakh. He then lodged a police complaint.
Celebrity physiotherapist booked for cheating #Yaaram's producer in Mumbai
8:16 AM
While the complainant alleged he was not given money despite his movie being released on OTT and also being sold to another production house, accused claim complainant did not fulfil terms
Samiullah Khan (MID-DAY; January 3, 2022)
Celebrity physiotherapist Dr Ali Irani and another person have been booked by Amboli police for allegedly cheating a film producer. Dr Irani and the other accused, Mehmood Ali, had allegedly assured producer Vijay Mulchandani of Rs 1.25 crore for his movie rights but did not hand over the money, and instead sold the rights to Rajshri Productions for Rs 15 lakh, the complainant claimed.
Both the accused, however, claimed that it was Mulchandani who did not fulfill the terms and conditions of their deal and was harassing them.
Mulchandani in the complaint said that he produced a film named #Yaaram, which was released in October 2019. He said he wanted the movie on OTT platforms as well and hence met Dr Irani and Ali, owner of Don Infotainment. A deal was worked out between the two parties and Don had allegedly offered Rs 1.25 crore for the rights of the movie. Accordingly, the movie was released on the OTT platform in March 2020.
The producer claimed that the accused did not give him the money ever after the release and added that the accused had cited financial issues during lockdown when he checked with them. After a long wait, a meeting was set in January 2021. Mulchandani claimed a cheque dated February 19 was given to him but it bounced. He has claimed that he was given several cheques which have bounced since. In June 2021, after two cheques bounced, he learnt from the bank that the account holders had shut their account in March that year.
Meanwhile, Rajshri Productions released a public notice asking if anybody had objection over the rights of #Yaaram. Mulchandani then got in touch with the company and learnt that Dr Irani and Ali had sold the movie rights for Rs 15 lakh. Following this, he lodged a complaint with the police.
The other side
Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan, for the accused, said “It is a plain contractual civil case where major liabilities and duties were not fulfilled by the complainant himself, yet certain payments were duly done to him by my clients. The complainant, in order to harass my clients, has filed several baseless proceedings in several courts including arbitration, cheque bounce, and now the present FIR. I am also in possession of an audio clip where the complainant is abusing and threatening my client.”
Ali said, “Mulchandani himself had approached us to release his film on our OTT platform, but he didn’t perform his own obligations as per agreements terms and is now crying foul to garner cheap publicity. He even misused the cheques given by me for security purposes.”
“I had not even signed any cheques. The complainant has misused the cheques given by my partner as security and deposited the same without permission. He only intends to extort money from us. We will prove our stance before the court of law and are already in the process of filing a defamation suit for damages,” said Dr Ali.
Police speak
“We have registered an FIR against Dr Irani and Ali,” said an officer from Amboli police station. mid-day reached out to Mulchandani, but he refused to comment.
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