Ram Gopal Varma recalls underworld links behind | Indian Movie News
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has opened up about the controversy surrounding Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, revisiting how the movie turned entangled in alleged underworld links during its manufacturing.
Speaking in an interview with Hussain Zaidi, Varma recalled how financier Bharat Shah first acquired concerned in the project. “At a point of time, he (Bharat Shah) got a guy who told him he has Salman Khan’s dates,” he said. To confirm the declare, Shah reached out straight to the actor. “Salman told him, ‘Yes, I’ve given him dates,’” Varma added, explaining that this assurance satisfied Shah to back the movie.
The state of affairs modified later when Shah turned conscious of producer Nazim Rizvi’s alleged links. “After some time, he got to know the producer, Nazim Rizvi, has some connection with Chhota Shakeel. But he thought he’s doing a legal business, and if the producer has some underworld connection, how does that concern him? He’s himself not even a criminal, but just associated with a criminal,” Varma said.
He also described the broader surroundings in the industry at the time, where extortion threats weren’t unusual. Varma shared that an unnamed businessman obtained a demand of ₹5 crore and approached Shah for help, hoping his oblique connections may resolve the state of affairs. The quantity was ultimately negotiated down to ₹2 crore.
As more people reached out for comparable help, Shah continued to intervene without personal gain. “But he wasn’t getting any money. He was just helping out. But the cops were tapping his phone,” Varma said, including that Shah was “trembling with shock and fear” as the state of affairs escalated. He additional recalled, “The cops suggested maybe Shakeel was acting for you. So, Bharat bhai said, ‘Why would he act for me? I’m just a filmmaker.’”
The matter ultimately led to legal motion in 2001, when Bharat Shah and Nazim Rizvi had been arrested by the Mumbai Police. Shah was later sentenced to one 12 months in prison for not disclosing Rizvi’s alleged links, but was launched soon after as he had already spent more than a 12 months in custody during the trial. Rizvi, along with Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh Khan, was discovered guilty of having underworld connections and involvement in extortion circumstances linked to the movie industry.
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