Legal Trouble: Cheating Case Filed Against Producers Of Ranveer Singh Starrer ’83’

New Delhi: The much-awaited Bollywood film ’83’ starring Ranveer Singh and his wife Deepika Padukone has run into trouble. A United Arab Emirates-based finance company has filed a cheating complaint before a magistrate’s court against the makers.

Future Resource FZE has moved the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, seeking action against the makers of the film under IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.

Among others, the complaint named Vibri Media and its directors. The complaint, filed through advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, claimed that the accused produced the film ’83’ and made plans to cheat the complainant of its rights in the film, News18 reported.

Directors of Vibri Media submitted “manipulated and exaggerated” business plans and profit and loss projections for the period starting from April 2012 till March 2020 and induced the complainant company to invest over Rs 15.90 crore, the complaint alleged. The matter is yet to come up for hearing.

The cricket drama, directed by filmmaker Kabir Khan, chronicles India’s win under Kapil Dev’s captainship, when the team defeated West Indies in the final to clinch their first-ever World Cup trophy in 1983. Ranveer Singh steps into the shoes of Kapil Dev. Singh’s actor wife Deepika Padukone essays the role of Romi, Kapil’s wife in “83”.