MUMBAI: 2018 saw Sara Ali Khan make her electrifying debut in Simmba after Kedarnath. Within three weeks of one another, both movies were released. It should be noted that the movies were almost shot concurrently. In reality, Kedarnath's dates suffered for a while after Prerna Aroraa quit the movie. Some of these dates were provided to the Simmba developers by Sara's management company.
However, the problem was soon fixed, and Kedarnath resumed its course. Sara Ali Khan's dates were revealed by then. Kedarnath's director and producer, Abhishek Kapoor, filed a lawsuit over this matter. In a conversation with Mayank Shekhar of Mid-Day, Sara Ali Khan discussed this particular incident from her life.
Sara clarified, “In May 2018, I was supposed to do Simmba. Kedarnath was happening; it was my debut film. Then, some dates went upar neeche and I also signed Simmba. Now, there were 3-4 dates that were coinciding. And yeah, I got sued for Rs. 5 crores (by the makers of Kedarnath)! I was very nervous because I didn’t have Rs. 5 crores.”
Sara further explained, “My mother (Amrita Singh) was in Delhi as her father was dying. Ibrahim was in school. And I was served a vakaalatnaama. I was like, ‘Ab iska main kya karoon? Samaj hi nahin aa raha’! I sent the management to court as I had to go and shoot which the makers were aware of as they were also at the shoot (smiles)!”
She added, “Rohit sir (Rohit Shetty) and Gattu sir (Abhishek Kapoor) met in a room. Ranveer Singh (her co-star in Simmba) was also present and he said, ‘Okay, then’ and quickly left the room as it was a bit strange.”
She further added, “Kedarnath’s makers only wanted three dates and Rohit sir said, ‘Theek hai, le lo’! The case ended.”
She concluded, “It was tricky as I spent a lot of time flying from Hyderabad to Mumbai. I was shooting simultaneously; Simmba at night and Kedarnath in the morning.” She also stated that due to the case, the equation with Abhishek Kapoor. Then, one day, she got her spot girl Zarna, who makes great coffee, to prepare the beverage for Abhishek Kapoor. She said, “After that, the shoot was smooth.”
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