Mumbai: The controversy surrounding ‘Kala Hiran’ has taken a fresh turn after Salman Khan’s former girlfriend, Somy Ali voiced her support for the film’s producer Amit Jani.
Her reaction came after the producer dramatically tore a legal notice apparently sent by Salman, thus escalating the dispute.
In a video shared on Thursday, Jani is seen tearing the legal notice.
The producer further alleged that he has been receiving death threats since the film was announced and asserted that he won’t be intimidated by anyone.
“People keep asking me, the media, friends, w
hat response should be given to the notice from Salman Khan. This notice, what should I reply to it? For the past 36 hours, all his fans from Dharavi to Jogeshwari have sent 1,000 messages, including death threats, saying they’ll cut my head off if I come to Mumbai. So whom should I answer? Should I respond to the thousands of abuses delivered through Salman Khan’s toolkit, to those threats, or should I answer this notice? This is my reply to that notice,” the producer is heard saying in the video.
“Now your threats have arrived, those from the people who gave you your toolkit: your rude fans, the street thugs raised in Dharavi, or the so-called fans living in Dongri and Jogeshwar, and the kind of messages we’re getting from D company saying they’ll finish off your family,” he adds.
On the video message shared by Jani, Somy commented, “Aapko Pura haq hai koi bhi subject pe film banane ka. Sirf guilty log chupte hain aur dhamki dete hai. (You have every right to make a film on any subject. Only the guilty hide and issue threats.)”
Directed by Bharat S Shrinate and produced by Amit Jani, ‘Kala Hiran’ is based on Salman’s infamous black buck poaching case and is set to be released on June 20.