Sara Ali Khan reminiscences being sued for Rs 5 crore due to scheduling conflict between Kedarnath and Simmba; get the inside scoop here
Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s daughter, Sara Ali Khan, landed lead roles in two movies as she made her debut in Bollywood. She started her career with Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath in 2018 and also appeared in Rohit Shetty’s film Simmba in the same month.
While filming Kedarnath and Simmba, Sara ran into some legal troubles.
Sara Ali Khan discusses a lawsuit filed against her
In an interview with Midday, Sara Ali Khan disclosed that she was sued for Rs 5 crore due to a date clash between Kedarnath and Simmba in 2018.
The actress explained that she initially signed Kedarnath, but the co-producers backed out during filming. Subsequently, she signed Simmba.
This situation led to a court case filed against her by the makers of Kedarnath. “In May 2018, I was supposed to do Simmba; Kedarnath was the first film I signed. It was all good. Then some dates clashed. And I also signed Simmba,” Sara revealed.
“But now there were 3-4 conflicting dates. I got sued for Rs 5 crore. I was very nervous because I didn’t have Rs 5 crore,” she added.
Sara juggled shooting for Kedarnath and Simmba simultaneously
Sara Ali Khan further shared that the matter was resolved between the directors, Rohit Shetty and Abhishek Kapoor, outside of court, and she divided her time to shoot both Kedarnath and Simmba.
Recalling the situation, the Kedarnath actress said, “My grandfather, my mother’s father, was dying in Delhi, and Ibrahim was in school, my mom was in Delhi, and I was served a vakalatnama at home, and I was like, ‘Now what do I do with this?’ I didn’t understand.”
Sara sent her management team to the court as her shoot was scheduled at that time. When discussing Kedarnath director Abhishek Kapoor, she mentioned that he “had his reasons.”
Eventually, Rohit Shetty met with Abhishek Kapoor, and the Simmba director agreed to give the Kedarnath makers three days to shoot. Sara managed to travel from Hyderabad to Mumbai to shoot both films simultaneously.
She concluded that everything was resolved between her and Abhishek Kapoor.
Sara Ali Khan was recently seen in the historical biographical film Ae Watan Mere Watan earlier this year.
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