Ameesha Patel, Sunny Leone to face legal action by IMPPA

MUMBAI: Bollywood actresses Ameesha Patel and Sunny Leone were summoned by the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) Arbitration Tribunal last week to address long-standing payment issues but they both failed to attend the hearing on Tuesday.

According to the media reports, the association responsible for protecting the rights and interests of producers, distributors, and artists, has announced to take stern action against both actresses.

The media reports said that the complaints were filed against Ameesha and Leone by Haresh Patel from AD Films and Vinod Bachhan from Soundarya Productions respectively.

Bachhan’s complaint sought the return of approximately INR 2.1 million from Leone, which constituted an advance payment for a movie project that never materialised.

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Meanwhile, the Kaho na Pyaar Ha starlet faces allegations of her failure to return worth  INR 12million to Haresh’s production company.

IMPPA Senior Vice President Akshoke Pandit said: “We will send a letter to the makers of Gadar 2 to stop her (Ameesha’s) payments till she pays back to the complainant.”

IMPPA President Abhay Sinha said, “Both parties have been asked to pay back the money. If they fail, an ex-parte decision will be taken by IMPPA.”

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Ameesha has been making headlines for her controversial interviews while promoting of her much-anticipated sequel Gadar 2, whereas the Ragini MMS 2 actress has been occupied with promoting Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy which will have its premiere in the International Film festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Canada.