A number of filmmakers announced to make films on Sushant Singh Rajput’s life after the death of actor. The one film that was being produced by ‘Srinagar’ director Sanoj Mishra became the talk of the town after it was revealed that the film will see Sachin Tiwari, who has been vouched as late actor’s lookalike on social media, in the lead role.
Sachin, who is a famous TikTok star, had himself shared the information of starring in the film titled as “Suicide or Murder” on his social media handle. However, the project seems to have halted now as Sachin says he did not sign any contract with Sanoj.
Sanoj told The Asian Age, “Sachin was told the story and his character. We conducted workshops with him in July; but after some time, he stopped attending the workshops and responding to our calls. He first signed the film with us and we paid him an advance too. We spent approximately Rs 1 crore on pre-production. In the circumstances, we are compelled to petition the Mumbai court for an injunction restraining him from working in any other film and to stop the release of any film if shot with him for violating the agreement with us.”
Vijay Shekhar Gupta, one of the producers of the film, told Hindustan Times that he has signed a proper contract with Sachin but Sanoj refrained from doing so. He also said that Sanoj made up fraud papers for Sachin which did not even mention film’s name and the amount payable to Sachin.
“Sachin is an innocent kid who does not know the city well. This guy (Sanoj), I have never met him. He cheated this kid.”
Sachin also said that he was tortured by Sanoj and alleged that the producer held him captive. “ I stayed with him for 3-4 days and it was as if I was in captivity. I used to get just khichdi – a single meal in the entire day and would manage to get some snacks and I would pay for those! He could not give me proper food, how would he make a film? I ran for my life. I literally ran from the flat to my sister’s place (Mumbai). I have not been paid any amount. If he is claiming he made payments, please ask him to prove,” Sanoj said.
Sachin shot to fame after netizens noticed his uncanny resemblance with the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In the same light, he was approached by Sanoj to play titular role in a film based on Sushant’s struggle in Bollywood.
