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Even before its release, Netflix’s original movie ‘The White Tiger’ has been facing troubles.
Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkumar Rao, and Gourav Adarsh, ‘The White Tiger’ released on Netflix on Jan 22.
Few hours before the release, Hollywood producer John Hart Jr filed an urgent petition on Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the release of the Netflix movie ‘The White Tiger’ on the grounds of alleged copyright violation.
However, as Live Law reported, Delhi HC refused to grant any interim relief to Hart.
Now, according to Bollywood Hungama, again John Hart, along with Sonia Mudbhatkal, have gone to Enforcement Directorate (ED), seeking a probe against ‘The White Tiger’ producer Mukul Deora and Netflix for an alleged ‘suspicious transaction’ from a Swiss bank account.
As per reports, an ED probe was asked for against Deora as well as his chartered accountant, and Netflix in a formal complaint registered by Sonia Mudbhatkal (Founder and CEO of USA firm Continuum Media LLC).
According to Koimoi reports, Hart & Sonia both alleged that Deora had used his Swiss bank account in BSI bank in Hong Kong, which has been closed over alleged money laundering allegations in 2016, to make the transaction, and also submitted the cheque received from him with the investigating agency.
On Monday evening, reacting to the charges, Mukul issued a statement.
“I have a deep respect for and full faith in the judiciary of India. As you are aware, on 21 January 2021, upon a holistic consideration of the facts, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, among other things, rejected the demand by the Plaintiffs and refused to stay the release of ‘The White Tiger’,” the statement reads.
“I understand that the Delhi High Court observed that it was not possible, based on the material on record before it, to come to any prima facie conclusion that, by producing or releasing the film, the Defendants indulged in illegal copyright infringement or transgressed the right of the Plaintiff as was alleged in the matter,” it further added.
“The matter is currently sub judice and I look forward to the completion of the legal proceedings in this matter. The truth will continue to prevail,” the statement concludes.
