Mumbai: Filmmaker and National Award-winning choreographer Remo DSouza, who reportedly moved to Allahabad High Court for bail after a non-bailable warrant for cheating and extortion that was issued against him by a local court in 2016, says the case is false.
"There is a false case against me and my lawyer is taking necessary steps. Since it is in the legal process and my lawyer is handling it, I only can say this much -- the case is false," the filmmaker told IANS, about the case that was filed on September 23, 2016.
According to media reports, a man named Satendra Tyagi filed a complaint against Remo that the filmmaker made him invest Rs 5 crore in film production in 2014 and promised to return the money. However, that never happened.
Apparently, Tyagi claimed that he also received life-threatening calls from the mafia, with a demand of Rs 1 crore.
On the work front, Remo is awaiting the release of his flick Street Dancer 3D which stars Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. Besides Varun and Shraddha, the film will also feature Nora Fatehi and Prabhu Deva in pivotal roles.
It is Varun and Shraddha's second collaboration on the silver screen after ABCD 2 which was also helmed by Remo.
The flick is set to release on January 24, clashing with Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's sports drama Panga.
