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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
‘ has been the talk of the town, ever since its release, but unfortunately, not for all the good reaons. The Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff starrer proved to be a failure at the box office and it was mounted on a huge budget. Recently, producers Vashu and Jackky Bhagnani filed a 17-page complaint against director Ali Abbas Zafar claiming that he along with his business partners entrapped them in a criminal conspiracy.
This was after Ali and other team members accused them of non-payment of dues.
Now after the Bhagnanis have filed a complaint against Ali, the crew members of the movie have come out in support of the director. Action director Parvez Shaikh said the accusations on Ali Abbas Zafar Films are baseless. He said that he has collaborated with Zafar since 2014 and never faced any issue with his payment.
He added, “Finally, after the subsidy money from Abu Dhabi for the film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was released, my dues were cleared. I’d like to thank the team from AAZ Films and specially Ali Abbas Zafar, Himanshu Mehra, who cleared all my payments and the wages for the hardworking stunt men through Movie Stunt Artist Association.”
The action director claimed that his equipment was taken to London for the film’s shoot with his still with the production house who refuse to return them. “We’ve worked on another project named ‘Eagle’ with Pooja Entertainment in India and till date, we haven’t received payments for worker wagers and equipment,” he added.
Film editor Steven Bernard said that his payment was delayed for over five months after Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s release. He wrote on Instagram, “I had a very urgent and serious family emergency with my father’s hospitalization for over 2 months and needed funds. I followed up regularly, but there was no breakthrough.”
Earlier it was known that Akshay Kumar had come to Vashu Bhagnani‘s as his company was going through a major downfall post the release of ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
