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Recently,
filmmaker
Luv
Ranjan
was
in
the
headlines
for
all
the
wrong
reasons.
It
was
alleged
that
his
film
was
met
with
protests
by
workers
over
the
issues
of
non-payment
of
dues.
However,
in
his
official
statement,
he
denied
those
reports
and
warned
of
legal
action
against
workers’ union.
As
reported
by
India
Today,
in
a
long
statement,
Luv
Ranjan
said,
“We
would
like
to
state
that
the
press
statement
released
by
FSSAMU
is
false,
fabricated
and
illegal
and
is
made
with
ulterior
and
oblique
motives
and
without
authority
of
law.
We
would
like
to
place
on
record
the
true
account
of
the
matter
and
state
that
we
have
duly
made
entire
payments,
with
no
outstanding,
as
per
the
contractual
arrangement
for
one
of
our
projects
with
the
service
provider
being
a
production
designer,
Mr.
Dipankar
Dasgupta,
and
that
it
was
in
fact
Mr
Dipankar
Dasgupta
along
with
Hyperlink
Brand
Solutions
Pvt.
Ltd.
and
Mr
Dipankar
Dasgupta’s
associates,
namely,
Mr
V.
G.
Jaishankar,
Mr
V.
G.
Jairam,
Mr
Gautam
Jukar
and
Mr
Prashant
Vicharev
who
defaulted
in
making
payments
to
the
workers
who
were
actually
hired
by
them
and
not
us,
which
facts
were
also
duly
informed
by
us
to
FSSAMU
by
various
communications
along
with
documentary
evidence,
which
makes
the
aforesaid
persons
at
default
and
not
us.”
He
further
said
that
he
would
like
to
state
that
there
is
no
employer-employee
relationship
between
his
production
house
and
the
employees
hired
by
Mr
Dipankar
Dasgupta.
He
went
on
to
add
that
despite
being
fully
aware
of
the
fact
that
he
had
filed
a
police
complaint
against
the
said
persons,
FSSAMU,
is
continuing
to
distort
facts,
propagate
falsehoods,
harass
him
for
suspicious
motives.
He
further
stated,
“The
acts
of
FSSAMU
of
issuing
defamatory
public
statements,
intimidation,
causing
disruption
and
delay
to
our
shoot
by
inciting
its
members
to
not
cooperate
with
us,
all
seem
like
the
favourable
‘modus
operandi’
adopted
by
FSSAMU.
It
is
unbecoming
of
FSSAMU
to
act
in
such
an
unreasonable,
unwarranted
and
hostile
fashion
against
us,
and
also
publicly
making
threats
against
us
that
they
would
prevent
us
from
working
in
the
industry
and
also
prevent
the
workers
from
working
with
us,
and
such
acts
of
FSSAMU
has
also
resulted
in
causing
us
irreparable
losses
and
harm,
including
mental
harassment
and
agony,
and
maligning
our
image
and
goodwill.”
Luv
Ranjan’s
film
marks
the
first
collaboration
of
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Shraddha
Kapoor.
Recently,
the
duo
wrapped
the
film’s
shoot
in
Spain.
